2001 Toronto International Film Festival
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Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...
ran from September 6 to September 15, 2001. There were 326 films (249 feature films, 77 short films) from 54 countries scheduled to be screened during the ten-day festival. During a hastily arranged press conference on September 11, Festival Director Piers Handling and Managing Director Michelle Maheuxa announced that 30 public screenings and 20 press screenings would be cancelled during the sixth day of the festival due to the September 11, 2001 attacks
September 11, 2001 attacks
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in New York City
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and Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
The festival resumed for the final four days though some films were cancelled because the film prints could not reach Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
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- Cet Amour-là directed by Josée Dayan
- Dark Blue WorldDark Blue WorldDark Blue World is a 2001 film by Czech director Jan Svěrák about Czechoslovak pilots who fought for the British Royal Air Force during World War II. The screenplay was written by Zdeněk Svěrák, the father of the director....
directed by Jan SverákJan SverákJan Svěrák is a Czech film director. He is the son of screenwriter and actor Zdeněk Svěrák. He studied documentary filmmaking at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague... - EnigmaEnigma (2001 film)Enigma is a 2001 British film about the Enigma codebreakers of Bletchley Park in World War II. The film, directed by Michael Apted, stars Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet. The film's screenplay was by Tom Stoppard, based on the novel Enigma by Robert Harris...
directed by Michael AptedMichael AptedMichael David Apted, CMG is an English director, producer, writer and actor. He is one of the most prolific British film directors of his generation but is best known for his work on the Up Series of documentaries and the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.On 29 June 2003 he was elected... - From HellFrom Hell (film)From Hell is a 2001 American crime drama horror mystery film directed by the Hughes brothers. It is an adaptation of the comic book series of the same name by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell about the Jack the Ripper murders.-Plot:...
directed by Albert Hughes and Allen HughesHughes BrothersAlbert Hughes and Allen Hughes , known together professionally as the Hughes brothers, are American film directors, producers and screenwriters... - Hearts in AtlantisHearts in Atlantis (film)Hearts in Atlantis is a 2001 American/Australian drama thriller directed by Scott Hicks. It is loosely adapted from Stephen King's novella "Low Men in Yellow Coats", from his story collection Hearts in Atlantis.-Plot:...
directed by Scott HicksScott HicksRobert Scott Hicks is a film director from Australia. He is best known as the screenwriter and director of Shine, the Oscar-winning biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Hicks's work has been nominated for an Academy Award as well as winning an Emmy Award.-Personal life:Hicks was born in Uganda, the... - LantanaLantana (film)Lantana is a 2001 Australian film, directed by Ray Lawrence and featuring Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush and Barbara Hershey. It is based on the play Speaking In Tongues by Andrew Bovell, which premiered at Sydney's Griffin Theatre Company...
directed by Ray Lawrence - The Last KissL'ultimo bacioL'ultimo bacio is a 2001 Italian comedy-drama movie directed by Gabriele Muccino.It was remade into The Last Kiss in 2006 by Tony Goldwyn starring Zach Braff and Rachel Bilson....
directed by Gabriele MuccinoGabriele MuccinoGabriele Muccino is an Italian film director. He is the elder brother of actor Silvio Muccino, who often appears in his brother's films.... - Last OrdersLast Orders (film)Last Orders is a 2001 British/German drama film written and directed by Fred Schepisi. The screenplay is based on the 1996 Booker Prize-winning novel of the same title by Graham Swift.-Synopsis:...
directed by Fred Schepisi - Last WeddingLast WeddingLast Wedding is a 2001 Canadian comedy drama film written and directed by Bruce Sweeney. It opened the 26th annual Toronto International Film Festival in 2001...
directed by Bruce SweeneyBruce SweeneyBruce Sweeney is a Canadian film director. Born in Sarnia, Ontario, he won the 2002 Canadian Comedy Award for Pretty Funny Film Direction for the film Last Wedding... - Life as a HouseLife as a HouseLife as a House is a 2001 American drama film produced and directed by Irwin Winkler. The screenplay by Mark Andrus focuses on a man who is anxious to repair his relationship with his ex-wife and teenaged son after he is diagnosed with terminal cancer....
directed by Irwin WinklerIrwin WinklerIrwin Winkler is an American film producer and director. He is the producer or director of 50 major motion pictures, dating back to 1967's Double Trouble, starring Elvis Presley. The fourth film he produced, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? , starring Jane Fonda, was nominated for nine Academy Awards... - Monsoon WeddingMonsoon Wedding* Originally featured in the Hindi film Loafer * Originally featured in the Hindi film Biwi No.1 -Awards:The movie won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival...
directed by Mira NairMira NairMira Nair is an Indian film director and producer based in New York. Her production company is Mirabai Films.She was educated at Delhi University and Harvard University. Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! , won the Golden Camera award at the Cannes Film Festival and also earned the nomination... - No Man's LandNo Man's Land (2001 film)No Man's Land is a 2001 tragic war drama that is set in the midst of the Bosnian war. The film is a parable and marked the debut of Bosnian writer and director Danis Tanović...
directed by Danis TanovicDanis TanovicDanis Tanović is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter.Tanović is best known for having directed and written the script for the 2001 Bosnian movie No Man's Land which won an Academy Award. He was a member of the jury at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.-Biography:Danis Tanović was born in the... - NovocaineNovocaine (film)Novocaine is a 2001 film written and directed by David Atkins and starring Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura Dern, Lynne Thigpen and Elias Koteas. The film was shot in the Chicago, Illinois area, during a limited 32-day schedule. The film received extra publicity during production and as...
directed by David Atkins - SerendipitySerendipity (film)Serendipity is a 2001 romantic comedy, starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. It was written by Marc Klein and directed by Peter Chelsom...
directed by Peter ChelsomPeter ChelsomPeter Chelsom is a British actor and film director. He has directed among others such films as Shall We Dance? and Hannah Montana: The Movie... - Taking SidesTaking Sides (film)Taking Sides is a 2001 German-French-Austrian-British co-production starring Harvey Keitel and Stellan Skarsgård set during the period of denazification investigations conducted in post-war Germany after the Second World War...
directed by István SzabóIstván SzabóIstván Szabó is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director.Szabó is the most internationally famous Hungarian filmmaker since the late 1960s. Working in the tradition of European, auteurist art cinema, he has made films that represent many of the psychological and political... - Tosca directed by Benoît JacquotBenoît JacquotBenoît Jacquot is a French film director who has had a varied career in European cinema.Born in Paris, he began his career as assistant director of Marguerite Duras films including Nathalie Granger, India Song and also actor in the 1973 short film La Sœur du cadre.He turned to writing and...
- Training DayTraining DayTraining Day is a 2001 crime drama film directed by Antoine Fuqua, written by David Ayer, starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. The film follows two LAPD narcotics detectives over a 24-hour period in the gang neighborhoods of South and East Los Angeles.The film was a box office success and...
directed by Antoine FuquaAntoine FuquaAntoine Fuqua is an American film director. He directed the film Training Day as well as Tears of the Sun, King Arthur, Shooter and Brooklyn's Finest... - The Triumph of LoveThe Triumph of LoveThe Triumph of Love is a 2001 romantic comedy film, based on Marivaux's play Le Triomphe de l'amour , directed by Clare Peploe, produced by her husband Bernardo Bertolucci, and starring Mira Sorvino and Ben Kingsley...
directed by Clare Peploe
Contemporary World Cinema
- À ma soeur!Fat GirlÀ ma sœur! is a 2001 French film directed by Catherine Breillat and starring Roxane Mesquida. It was released in some English speaking countries under the alternative titles For My Sister or Fat Girl....
directed by Catherine BreillatCatherine BreillatCatherine Breillat is a French filmmaker, novelist and Professor of Auteur Cinema at the European Graduate School.-Life and career:Breillat was born in Bressuire, Deux-Sèvres, but grew up in Niort... - Abandoned directed by Árpád Sopsits
- Absolument fabuleux directed by Gabriel AghionGabriel Aghion-Biography:He was born in Alexandria, in Egypt on 30 December 1955.-Filmography:* La Scarlatine * Bras de Fer * Rue du Bac * Pédale douce -Biography:He was born in Alexandria, in Egypt on 30 December 1955.-Filmography:* La Scarlatine (1983)* Bras de Fer (1985)* Rue du Bac (1990)* Pédale douce...
- Address UnknownAddress Unknown (2001 film)Address Unknown is a 2001 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-duk. It was the opening movie of the 2001 Venice Film Festival.-Overview:...
directed by Kim Ki-dukKim Ki-dukKim Ki-duk is a South Korean filmmaker noted for his idiosyncratic "art-house" cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit. He is not related to the Kim Ki-duk who directed Yonggary in the 1960s... - Adrift directed by Michiel van Jaarsveld
- All About Lily Chou-ChouAll About Lily Chou-Chouis a 2001 Japanese film written and directed by Shunji Iwai. The film portrays the rough lives of high school children in Japan, and centres around the music of a fictional singer Lily Chou-Chou.-Plot:...
directed by Shunji IwaiShunji Iwaiis a Japanese film director/video artist, writer and documentarian.-Life and career:Iwai was born in Sendai, Japan, Miyagi prefecture. He attended Yokohama National University, graduating in 1987.... - Après la réconciliation directed by Anne-Marie MiévilleAnne-Marie MiévilleAnne-Marie Miéville is a Swiss filmmaker, principally known for her work in collaboration with her husband Jean-Luc Godard.-DVD releases:...
- Asoka directed by Santosh SivanSantosh SivanSantosh Sivan is an Indian cinematographer, film director, and producer who has worked in Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, and Hindi cinema....
- Ball in the House directed by Tanya Wexler
- BaranBaran (film)Baran is a 2001 Iranian film directed by Majid Majidi, based on an original script by Majid Majidi. The movie is set during recent times in which there are a large number of Afghan refugees living on the outskirts of Tehran...
directed by Majid MajidiMajid MajidiMajid Majidi is an internationally and critically acclaimed Iranian film director, film producer, and screenwriter. Majidi's films have touched on many themes and genres and he has won many international awards.-Biography:... - Beijing BicycleBeijing BicycleBeijing Bicycle is a 2001 Chinese drama film by Sixth Generation Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai, with joint investment from the Taiwanese Arc Light Films and the French Pyramide Productions. The film stars first-time actors Cui Lin and Li Bin, supported by the already established actresses Zhou...
directed by Wang XiaoshuaiWang XiaoshuaiWang Xiaoshuai is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and occasional actor. He is commonly grouped under the loose association of filmmakers known as the Sixth Generation of the Cinema of China.... - The Believer directed by Henry BeanHenry BeanHenry Bean is an American screenwriter, film director, producer, novelist, and actor.Most famous as a screenwriter, Bean wrote the screenplays for Internal Affairs, Deep Cover, Venus Rising, The Believer , Basic Instinct 2 and Noise.Bean...
- Big Bad LoveBig Bad LoveBig Bad Love is a 2001 film directed by Arliss Howard, who co-wrote the script with his brother, James Howard, based on a collection of short stories of the same name by Larry Brown. The story recounts an episode in the life of an alcoholic Vietnam veteran and struggling writer named Leon Barlow,...
directed by Arliss HowardArliss HowardArliss Howard is an American actor, writer and film director.-Life and career:Howard was born in Independence, Missouri in 1954, and graduated from Truman High School and Columbia College at Columbia, Missouri. Howard established his career with stand-out roles in Full Metal Jacket and Ruby... - Birthday GirlBirthday GirlBirthday Girl is a 2001 British-American drama and crime film directed by Jez Butterworth. The plot focuses on English bank clerk John Buckingham who orders a Russian mail-order bride, Nadia. It becomes clear upon her arrival that Nadia cannot speak English, and early into her stay, two mysterious...
directed by Jez ButterworthJez ButterworthJeremy “Jez” Butterworth is an English dramatist and film director.-Life and career:Butterworth was born in London, England, and attended Verulam Comprehensive School, St Albans and St John's College, Cambridge... - BrainstormBicho de Sete CabeçasBicho de Sete Cabeças is a 2001 Brazilian drama film directed by Laís Bodanzky and written by Luiz Bolognesi based on the autobiographical book Canto dos Malditos by Austregésilo Carrano Bueno. The film was made with the partnership between the Brazilian producers Buriti Filmes, Dezenove Som e...
directed by Laís Bodanzky - Broken Silence directed by Montxo ArmendárizMontxo ArmendárizMontxo Armendariz, born Ramón Armendariz Barrios, in Olleta, Orbaibar, in Navarra , Spain 1949, is an awarded Spanish screenwriter and film director....
- The Business of StrangersThe Business of StrangersThe Business of Strangers is a 2001 motion picture that tells the story of an eventful night shared between a middle-aged businesswoman and her young assistant....
directed by Patrick StettnerPatrick StettnerPatrick Stettner is an American film director and writer. His first film, Flux, was released in 1996 as a short, and starred Allison Janney in an early role... - C'est la vie directed by Jean-Pierre AmérisJean-Pierre AmérisJean-Pierre Améris is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed eleven films since 1993. His film Poids léger was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:...
- La CiénagaLa Ciénaga (film)La ciénaga is an Argentine, Spanish, and French film, written and directed by Lucrecia Martel. The film was executive produced by Ana Aizenberg, Diego Guebel, Mario Pergolini, and produced by Lita Stantic...
directed by Lucrecia MartelLucrecia MartelLucrecia Martel is a film director, screenplay writer, and producer.According to film critic Joel Poblete, who writes for Mabuse, a cinema magazine, Lucrecia Martel is one of the members of the so-called "New Argentina Cinema" which began c... - La Commune (Paris, 1871)La Commune (Paris, 1871)La Commune is a 2000 historical drama film directed by Peter Watkins about the Paris Commune. It is a historical re-enactment in the style of a documentary, and was shot in just 13 days in an abandoned factory on the outskirts of Paris...
directed by Peter WatkinsPeter WatkinsPeter Watkins is an English film and television director. He was born in Norbiton, Surrey, lived in Sweden, Canada and Lithuania for many years, and now lives in France. He is one of the pioneers of docudrama. His movies, pacifist and radical, strongly review the limit of classic documentary and... - The Daughter of Keltoum directed by Mehdi CharefMehdi CharefMehdi Charef is a French film director and screenwriter of Algerian descent. He has worked on eleven films between 1985 and 2007. His film Le thé au harem d'Archimède was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival...
- The Days Between directed by Maria Speth
- Deathrow directed by Joel LamanganJoel LamanganJoel Lamangan is a Filipino film director, television director and actor. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as an auteur dramatic filmmaker. His award-winning films includes Sidhi, Deathrow, Hubog, Aishte Imasu 1941, Blue Moon and Mano Po.On August 19, 2008, Lamangan directed his first indie movie...
- DelbaranDelbaranDelbaran is a city in the Central District of Qorveh County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 6,104, in 1,395 families....
directed by Abolfazl JaliliAbolfazl JaliliAbolfazl Jalili is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director. He belongs to Iranian new wave movement.Jalili studied directing at the Iranian College of Dramatic Arts, then worked for national television where he produced several children's films. His 'Det' Means Girl won prizes in... - DistanceDistance (film)Distance is a 2001 film by Japanese director Koreeda Hirokazu, starring Arata, Tadanobu Asano, Iseya Yusuke, Terajima Susumu, and Natsukawa Yui.-Plot:...
directed by Hirokazu Kore-EdaHirokazu Koreedais a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. His films explore themes of memory, death, and coming to terms with loss.Koreeda originally planned to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University instead worked as an assistant director on documentaries for TV Man Union... - A Dog's Day directed by Murali Nair
- Dust directed by Milcho Manchevski
- Eden directed by Amos GitaïAmos GitaiAmos Gitai , born 11 October 1950 in Haifa, Israel, is an Israeli filmmaker and director. He is mainly known for making documentaries and experimental / minimalist feature films...
- L'Emploi du tempsL'Emploi du tempsTime Out is a 2001 French drama directed by Laurent Cantet, starring Aurélien Recoing and Karin Viard. Loosely based on the life story of Jean-Claude Romand , it focuses on one of Cantet's favorite subject matters: a man's relationship with his job...
directed by Laurent CantetLaurent CantetLaurent Cantet is a French director, born on June 15, 1961 at Melle . His parents were schoolteachers in Ardilleux.On 25 May 2008, he received the Palme d'Or at the Festival de Cannes 2008, for the movie Entre les murs.- As director :... - The FlufferThe FlufferThe Fluffer, a 2001 U.S. independent film, is a triangular story of obsessive love set against the backdrop of the adult video industry. The film was written by Wash West and co-directed by West and his life partner Richard Glatzer...
directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash WestWash WestWash Westmoreland is an independent film director who has worked in television, documentaries, independent films. Westmoreland's began directing in the adult film world of the late-nineties making deliberately ironic post-modern porn... - Get a Life directed by João CanijoJoão CanijoJoão Canijo is a Portuguese film director. His film Get a Life was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:* Três Menos Eu * Lovely Child/ Filha da Mãe João Canijo (born 1957) is a Portuguese film director. His film Get a Life was screened in the Un...
- The Grey ZoneThe Grey ZoneThe Grey Zone is a 2001 film directed by Tim Blake Nelson and starring David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino and Daniel Benzali. It is based on the book Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account written by Dr. Miklós Nyiszli....
directed by Tim Blake NelsonTim Blake NelsonTim Blake Nelson is an American director, writer, singer, and actor.-Early life:Nelson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the son of Ruth Kaiser Nelson, who is a noted social activist and philanthropist in Tulsa, and a geologist father... - Harmful Insect directed by Akihiko ShiotaAkihiko Shiotais a Japanese film director and screenwriter.-Career:Born in Kyoto Prefecture, Shiota attended Rikkyō University, where he began making 8mm films in the tradition of other Rikkyō students like Kiyoshi Kurosawa...
- Hi, Tereska directed by Robert Glinski
- The Hired HandThe Hired HandThe Hired Hand is a 1971 American western film directed by Peter Fonda, with a screenplay by Alan Sharp. The film stars Fonda, Warren Oates, and Verna Bloom. The cinematography was by Vilmos Zsigmond, and Bruce Langhorne provided the moody film score. The story is about a man who returns to his...
directed by Peter FondaPeter FondaPeter Henry Fonda is an American actor. He is the son of Henry Fonda, brother of Jane Fonda, and father of Bridget and Justin Fonda... - Honey For Oshún directed by Humberto SolásHumberto SolásHumberto Solás was a Cuban film director, credited with directing the classic film Lucía , which explored the lives of Cuban women during different periods in Cuban history....
- How Harry Became a Tree directed by Goran PaskaljevićGoran PaskaljevicGoran Paskaljević is a Serbian film director. He was raised by his grandparents in Niš, following the divorce of his parents, and 14 years later returned to Belgrade where he worked in his stepfather's cinema....
- Hush!Hush! (2001 film)Hush! is a Japanese film directed by Ryosuke Hashiguchi, starring Seiichi Tanabe, Kazuya Takahashi and Reiko Kataoka, released in 2001.The theme song is "Hush Little Baby" from the album Hush performed by Bobby McFerrin and Yo-Yo Ma.-Cast:...
directed by Ryosuke HashiguchiRyōsuke Hashiguchiis a Japanese film director particularly known for taking up gay subjects. He won the award for Best Director at the 24th Yokohama Film Festival for Hush! and at the 33rd Hochi Film Award for Gururi no koto... - Ignorant FairiesLe Fate IgnorantiThe Ignorant Fairies is a 2001 Italian drama film directed by Turkish-Italian film director Ferzan Özpetek.The story follows a woman who discovers that her recently deceased husband had been having an affair.-Plot:...
directed by Ferzan OzpetekFerzan ÖzpetekFerzan Özpetek is an Italian-Turkish film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy.- Biography :Ferzan Ozpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. When he was a young student in 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History at Sapienza University of Rome... - Jan DaraJan DaraJan Dara is a 2001 Thai erotic-period-drama film directed and co-written by Nonzee Nimibutr and co-starring Hong Kong cinema actress Christy Chung. It is based on a novel by Utsana Phleungtham. The film premiered at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival...
directed by Nonzee NimibutrNonzee NimibutrNonzee Nimibutr is a Thai film director, film producer and screenwriter. Best known for his ghost thriller, Nang Nak, he is generally credited as the leader among a "New Wave" of Thai filmmakers that also includes Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Wisit Sasanatieng and Apichatpong... - The Jimmy ShowThe Jimmy ShowThe Jimmy Show is a 2002 drama written and directed by Frank Whaley, based on an Off-Broadway play by Jonathan Marc Sherman. The film stars Whaley, Carla Gugino, and Ethan Hawke.-Synopsis:...
directed by Frank WhaleyFrank WhaleyFrank Joseph Whaley is an American film and television actor known for his roles in independent films.-Personal life:Whaley was born in Syracuse, New York, the son of Josephine and Robert W. Whaley, Sr. He is half-Irish and half-Sicilian and grew up in Syracuse. He has two sisters and an older... - Kissing Jessica SteinKissing Jessica SteinKissing Jessica Stein is a 2001 independent romantic comedy film, written and co-produced by the film's stars, Jennifer Westfeldt and Heather Juergensen. The film also stars Tovah Feldshuh and is directed by Charles Herman-Wurmfeld...
directed by Charles Herman-WurmfeldCharles Herman-WurmfeldCharles Herman-Wurmfeld is an American film director.- External links :... - LagaanLagaanLagaan is a 2001 Bollywood sports film written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. Aamir Khan, who was also the producer for the film, stars with Gracy Singh in the lead roles; British actors Rachel Shelley and Paul Blackthorne play the supporting roles...
directed by Ashutosh GowarikerAshutosh GowarikerAshutosh Gowariker is an Indian film director, actor, writer and producer. He is known for directing the films Lagaan , Swades , Jodhaa Akbar , What's Your Raashee and Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey... - Le Lait de la tendresse humaine directed by Dominique CabreraDominique CabreraDominique Cabrera is a French film director. She has taught filmmaking at La Fémis and at Harvard University. Her film Nadia et les hippopotames was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival...
- Lan Yu directed by Stanley KwanStanley KwanStanley Kwan is a Hong Kong Second Wave film director and producer.Kwan landed a job at the TVB after receiving a mass communications degree at Hong Kong Baptist College...
- Late Marriage directed by Dover KosashviliDover KosashviliDover Kosashvili is an Israeli film director and screenwriter of Georgian descent. He has directed five films since 1998. His film Late Marriage was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival....
- Latitude Zero directed by Toni Venturi
- Light of My Eyes directed by Giuseppe Piccioni
- Loco Fever directed by Andrés Wood
- LoinLoin (film)Loin is a 2001 French-Spanish drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Stephane Rideau, Lubna Azabal and Mohamed Hamaidi. The film, set in Tangier in a three day period, tells the story of three young friends taking critical decisions about their uncertain future.-Plot:For the past few...
directed by André TéchinéAndré TéchinéAndré Téchiné , is a French screenwriter and film director. He has had a long and distinguished career that places him among the best post-New Wave French film directors.... - Lovely & AmazingLovely & AmazingLovely & Amazing is a 2001 American dramedy film written and directed by Nicole Holofcener.-Plot:The story focuses on Jane Marks, her adult daughters Michelle and Elizabeth, and her pre-teen adopted African American daughter Annie, each of whom allows her personal insecurities to affect her life...
directed by Nicole HolofcenerNicole HolofcenerNicole Holofcener is an American film and television director. She has directed four feature films, most recently Please Give.-Career:... - Lovely Rita directed by Jessica HausnerJessica HausnerJessica Hausner is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. She has directed six films since 1995. Her film Lovely Rita was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival...
- The Man from Elysian FieldsThe Man From Elysian FieldsThe Man from Elysian Fields is a drama film directed by George Hickenlooper. It stars Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Olivia Williams, Julianna Margulies and James Coburn.-Plot:...
directed by George Hickenlooper - Manic directed by Jordan Melamed
- Margarita Happy Hour directed by Ilya ChaikenIlya ChaikenIlya Chaiken is an American film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her debut feature Margarita Happy Hour, a film about motherhood, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001 and went on to the Los Angeles Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival.Chaiken...
- Markova: Comfort Gay directed by Gil M. Portes
- Maya directed by Digvijay Singh
- Mirror Image directed by Hsiao Ya-chuan
- Musa - The WarriorMusa (film)Musa , released as both The Warrior and The Ultimate Warrior in English-speaking countries, is a 2001 South Korean epic film directed by Kim Seong-soo, starring Jung Woo-sung, Ahn Sung-ki, Ju Jin-mo and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi...
directed by Kim Sung-su - My KingdomMy Kingdom (film)My Kingdom is a 2001 British crime film directed by Don Boyd and starring Richard Harris, Lynn Redgrave and Jimi Mistry.It premiered at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival but failed to make an impression The following year My Kingdom grossed $2,607 on its opening weekend in Los Angeles...
directed by Don BoydDon BoydDonald William Robertson Boyd Hon D.Litt is a Scottish film director, producer, screenwriter and novelist... - Nine Queens directed by Fabián BielinskyFabián BielinskyFabián Bielinsky was an Argentine film director born in Buenos Aires.He started to make films early in his life, while still a high school student in the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, after graduation he started studying psychology, a career he shortly followed and dropped out in favor to...
- No Shame directed by Joaquín OristrellJoaquín OristrellJoaquín Oristrell is a Catalan film director and screenwriter.He has written scripts to Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, Fernando Colomo and others directors before his film debut in 1997 with -Selected filmography:*El próximo oriente *Va a ser que nadie es perfecto...
- The Only Journey of His Life directed by Lakis Papastathis
- The Orphan of AnyangThe Orphan of AnyangThe Orphan of Anyang is a 2001 Chinese film from Sixth Generation writer-director Wang Chao. It is Wang's first feature film as director , and is based on a novel written by the director...
directed by Wang ChaoWang Chao (director)Wang Chao is a Chinese film director and screenwriter, sometimes considered part of the loosely defined "sixth generation." Wang began his career serving as an assistant director to the fifth generation auteur, Chen Kaige, working with the elder director on epics like Farewell My Concubine and... - Otilia directed by Dana Rotberg
- Passport directed by Péter GothárPéter GothárPéter Gothár is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 23 films since 1974. His film The Outpost was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
- Pauline et Paulette directed by Lieven Debrauwer
- PiñeroPiñeroPiñero is a 2001 biopic about the troubled life of Nuyorican poet and playwright Miguel Piñero, starring Benjamin Bratt as the titular character. It was written and directed by the Cuban filmmaker, Leon Ichaso. It premiered at the Montreal Film Festival on 31 August 2001...
directed by Leon IchasoLeon Ichaso-Early life and education:Leon Ichaso was born in Havana August 3, 1948, into a family of well-known writers, journalists and artists. His father, Justo Rodríguez Santos, was one of Cuba's most respected poets and a pioneer in broadcast TV and radio -and his mother Antonia Ichaso had a radio... - Le Pornographe directed by Bertrand BonelloBertrand BonelloBertrand Bonello is a French film director. His background is in classical music, and he lives between Paris and Montreal.Le Pornographe won the FIPRESCI prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival...
- The Quickie directed by Sergei BodrovSergei BodrovSergei Vladimirovich Bodrov is a two-time Academy Award-nominated Russian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer.Bodrov was born in Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, USSR . In the post-Soviet period he emigrated to the United States. His son, actor Sergei Bodrov, Jr...
- QuittingQuittingQuitting is a 2001 Chinese drama film directed by Zhang Yang, starring and based on the true life story of Jia Hongsheng. Jia, an actor and former drug addict, battled his addiction to marijuana and heroin for five years from 1992 to 1997...
directed by Zhang Yang - Rain directed by Christine JeffsChristine JeffsChristine Jeffs is a New Zealand-born film director known for directing the British motion picture Sylvia, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Daniel Craig, and the American independent film Sunshine Cleaning , with Amy Adams and Emily Blunt....
- Reines d'un jour directed by Marion Vernoux
- Revolution #9 directed by Tim McCannTim McCann (director)Tim McCann is an American film director and a professor of film and a director at his alma mater SUNY-Purchase.He directed his first feature film, Desolation Angels, in 1995, made on a budget of less than $50,000...
- The Road directed by Darezhan OmirbaevDarezhan OmirbaevDarezhan Omirbaev is a Kazakhstani film director and screenwriter. He has directed eight films since 1982. His film Tueur à gages was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Un Certain Regard Prize....
- SamsaraSamsara (2001 film)Samsara is a 2001 independent Indian/Italian/French/German film which tells the story of a Buddhist monk's quest to find Enlightenment. The film stars Shawn Ku as the monk Tashi, and Christy Chung as Pema...
directed by Pan NalinPan NalinPan Nalin is an Indian film director, screenwriter and documentary maker. Nalin is best known for directing award-winning films like Samsara, Valley of Flowers, and Ayurveda: Art of Being. His debut film, Samsara went on to win awards like "Grand Jury Prize - Special Mention" at AFI Fest and "Most... - Secret Ballot directed by Babak PayamiBabak Payami-Biography:Born in Tehran in 1966, Baback Payami studied cinema at the University of Toronto during the early 90's. In 1998, he returned to Iran after an almost two decade to produce and direct his debut "One More Day" or “Secret Ballot”. This flim describes what happens on election day when an...
- Sex and LuciaLucía y el sexoSex and Lucia is an award winning 2001 Spanish drama film, written and directed by Julio Médem, and starring Paz Vega and Tristán Ulloa. As suggested by the title, there is a great deal of passionate sexual content surrounding the love story of Lucia and Lorenzo as the plot dissolves into a very...
directed by Julio MedemJulio MedemJulio Médem is a Spanish writer and film director.Medem was born in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain and showed an interest in movies since childhood, when he would take his father's Super 8 camera and shoot at night, while nobody was paying attention... - Silent Partner directed by Alkinos Tsilimidos
- SistersSyostrySisters is a 2001 Russian crime film directed by Sergei Bodrov, Jr. It is notable as being his first and last film as director due to his death while filming his second film the year after.-Plot:...
directed by Sergei Bodrov, Jr.Sergei Bodrov, Jr.Sergei Bodrov Jr. was a Russian actor who had lead roles in the movies Brother, Prisoner of the Mountains, The Stringer and Brother 2. He was the son of the Russian playwright, actor, director and producer Sergei Bodrov... - Slogans directed by Gjergj XhuvaniGjergj XhuvaniGjergj Xhuvani is an Albanian film director, screenwriter, and producer. He graduated from Tirana's Academy of Arts in 1986....
- Strumpet directed by Danny BoyleDanny BoyleDaniel "Danny" Boyle is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Trainspotting. For Slumdog Millionaire, Boyle won numerous awards in 2008, including the Academy Award for Best Director...
- To End All WarsTo End All WarsTo End All Wars is a 2001 war film starring Robert Carlyle, Kiefer Sutherland and Sakae Kimura and directed by David L. Cunningham.- Storyline :...
directed by David L. Cunningham - Tuesday directed by Geoff Dunbar
- Under the Skin of the City directed by Rakhshan Bani EtemadRakhshan Bani EtemadRakhshān Bani-E'temād is an internationally and critically acclaimed Iranian film director and screenwriter. Widely considered as Iran's premier female director, her films have been praised at international festivals as well as being remarkably popular with Iranian critics and...
- Unfinished Song directed by Maziar MiriMaziar MiriMaziar Miri is a renowned Iranian filmmaker.Maziar Miri graduated in editing, and started his career with making documentaries about Iran. He made his first short film in 1996, and worked for several years in the editing department of Iranian TV, channel 2. He made his debut feature film in 2000...
- Vacuuming Completely Nude In ParadiseVacuuming Completely Nude In ParadiseVacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise, is one of two TV films directed by Danny Boyle in 2001; the other was Strumpet. A satire on door-to-door salesmen, it features Timothy Spall and Michael Begley in the lead roles.-Cast members:*Katy Cavanagh...
directed by Danny BoyleDanny BoyleDaniel "Danny" Boyle is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Trainspotting. For Slumdog Millionaire, Boyle won numerous awards in 2008, including the Academy Award for Best Director... - Violet Perfume (Nobody Hears You) directed by Maryse Sistach
- WaterboysWaterboys (film)is a 2001 comedy film written and directed by the Japanese film director Shinobu Yaguchi, about five boys who start a synchronized swimming team at their high school...
directed by Shinobu YaguchiShinobu Yaguchiis a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He specializes in feel-good "zero to hero" films, where a group of people take up an unlikely activity, face a number of obstacles, but finally succeed. His film Waterboys was particularly successful and led to a TV series which entered its third... - What Time Is It There?What Time Is It There?What Time Is It There? is a 2001 film directed by Tsai Ming-liang. It stars Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, and Lu Yi-Ching.-Plot:The film tells two parallel stories, one about the life of a street vendor following the death of his father; the other about a woman he meets briefly as she heads...
directed by Tsai Ming-liangTsai Ming-liangTsai Ming-liang is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese Cinema, along with earlier contemporaries such as Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang... - Y tu mamá tambiénY tu mamá tambiénY tu mamá también is a 2001 Mexican comedy-drama film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, and co-written by Cuarón and his brother Carlos. The film is a coming-of-age story about two teenage boys taking a road trip with a woman in her late twenties; it stars Mexican actors Diego Luna and Gael García...
directed by Alfonso CuarónAlfonso CuarónAlfonso Cuarón Orozco is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his films Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Y tu mamá también, and A Little Princess.- Early life :... - The Zookeeper directed by Ralph Ziman
- Zus & ZoZus & ZoZus & Zo is a 2001 Dutch film directed by Paula van der Oest. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film....
directed by Paula van der OestPaula van der OestPaula van der Oest is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. Her film Zus & Zo was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film....
Dialogues: Talking with Pictures
- Exterminating Angel directed by Luis BuñuelLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish-born filmmaker — later a naturalized citizen of Mexico — who worked in Spain, Mexico, France and the US..-Early years:...
- The Killing directed by Stanley KubrickStanley KubrickStanley Kubrick was an American film director, writer, producer, and photographer who lived in England during most of the last four decades of his career...
- RollerballRollerball (1975 film)Rollerball is a 1975 American dystopian fiction film directed by Norman Jewison from a screenplay by William Harrison, who adapted his own short story "Roller Ball Murder", which first appeared in 1973 in Esquire magazine.-The Game:...
directed by Norman JewisonNorman JewisonNorman Frederick Jewison, CC, O.Ont is a Canadian film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. Highlights of his directing career include In the Heat of the Night , The Thomas Crown Affair , Fiddler on the Roof , Jesus Christ Superstar , Moonstruck , The Hurricane and The... - Two-Lane BlacktopTwo-Lane BlacktopTwo-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 road movie directed by Monte Hellman, starring singer-songwriter James Taylor, Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates, and Laurie Bird. Esquire magazine declared the film its movie of the year for 1971, and even published the entire screenplay in its April, 1971...
directed by Monte HellmanMonte HellmanMonte Hellman is an American film director, producer, and film editor.Hellman is among a group of directing talent mentored by Roger Corman, who produced several of the director's early films... - Wild StrawberriesWild Strawberries (film)Wild Strawberries is a 1957 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, about an old man recalling his past. The original Swedish title is Smultronstället, which literally means "the wild strawberry patch", but idiomatically means an underrated gem of a place...
directed by Ingmar BergmanIngmar BergmanErnst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...
Director's Spotlight
- Animal Love directed by Ulrich SeidlUlrich SeidlUlrich Seidl is an Austrian film director, writer and producer.-Selected filmography:* 1990 Good News* 1992 Loss Is to Be Expected * 1995 Animal Love ...
- Dog Days directed by Ulrich SeidlUlrich SeidlUlrich Seidl is an Austrian film director, writer and producer.-Selected filmography:* 1990 Good News* 1992 Loss Is to Be Expected * 1995 Animal Love ...
- Loss Is To Be Expected directed by Ulrich SeidlUlrich SeidlUlrich Seidl is an Austrian film director, writer and producer.-Selected filmography:* 1990 Good News* 1992 Loss Is to Be Expected * 1995 Animal Love ...
- Models directed by Ulrich SeidlUlrich SeidlUlrich Seidl is an Austrian film director, writer and producer.-Selected filmography:* 1990 Good News* 1992 Loss Is to Be Expected * 1995 Animal Love ...
Discovery
- Absolute Hundred directed by Srđan Golubović
- Asuddelsole directed by Pasquale Marrazzo
- The BankThe Bank (2001 film)The Bank is an 2001 Australian thriller/drama film starring David Wenham and Anthony LaPaglia.-Plot:Jim Doyle is a maverick mathematician who has devised a formula to predict the fluctuations of the stock market...
directed by Robert ConnollyRobert ConnollyRobert Connolly is a politically conscious film director, producer and screenwriter based in Melbourne, Australia.Connolly is best known as the director and writer of the feature films Balibo, Three Dollars and The Bank, and the producer of the high-profile Australian films Romulus My Father and... - Be My Star directed by Valeska Grisebach
- Blue SpringBlue Spring (film)is a Japanese film directed by Toshiyaki Toyada, released in 2001. It is based on a manga by Taiyō Matsumoto. The Japanese title can be translated as "blue spring", or as "inexperienced years", i.e., teenage.-Plot:...
directed by Toyoda Toshiaki - Bread and MilkBread and MilkBread and Milk is a 2001 Slovene film directed by Jan Cvitkovič. It was Slovenia's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee....
directed by Jan CvitkovičJan CvitkovicJan Cvitkovič is a critically acclaimed Slovenian film director, screenwriter and actor. As of April 2007 he has already won a total of 12 awards and 3 nominations at various film festivals for his work, including the San Sebastian Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival.-Biography:After one... - The ButterflyNabi (film)Nabi is a 2001 South Korean film. Directed by Moon Seung-wook, Nabi was shot on digital video and transferred onto 35mm film, filmed on a low budget of $380,000. It marked the feature film debut of Kang Hye-jeong, who won Best Actress at the 5th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival for her...
directed by Moon Seung-wook - Le Café de la plage directed by Benoît GraffinBenoît GraffinBenoît Graffin is a French screenwriter and film director. In 1998 he won Development Grant for Café de la plage in the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival.- Filmography :As a writer:*De vrais mensonges...
- Chicken Rice WarChicken Rice WarChicken Rice War is a Singaporean film released in 2000 by Raintree Pictures. It is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet in a Singaporean setting, where fierce competition between rival Chicken Rice hawkers resulted in bitter enmity...
directed by Chee Kong Cheah - Everybody Says I'm Fine!Everybody Says I'm Fine!Everybody Says I'm Fine! is an Indian English language film, released on 12 September 2001 at the Toronto Film Festival. It marks the directorial debut of Indian actor Rahul Bose...
directed by Rahul BoseRahul BoseRahul Bose is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, social activist, and rugby union player.Bose has appeared in Hindi films such as Pyaar Ke Side Effects and Jhankaar Beats. Time magazine named him "the superstar of Indian arthouse cinema" for his work in parallel cinema films like English,... - Happy ManHappy Man"Happy Man" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, performed in English by Cathal Dunne.The song is a moderately up-tempo number, in which Dunne contrasts his early despondency with the joy he feels now that he is with his lover. He sings, for example, that he now has "the sun...
directed by Malgorzata Szumowska - Magonia directed by Ineke Smits
- Mostly MarthaMostly Martha (film)Bella Martha is a 2001 German romantic comedy drama film directed by Sandra Nettelbeck. The American movie No Reservations is heavily based on this. It is about a skilled chef in Hamburg, Germany. When her sister dies, she is left taking care of her niece, who gives her problems...
directed by Sandra Nettelbeck - Mr. In-Between directed by Paul SarossyPaul SarossyPaul Sarossy is a Canadian Cinematographer and director who has won 15 awards & who has been nominated 5 times for various awards.He has worked for Atom Egoyan on numerous films such as Speaking Parts, The Adjuster, Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, The Line, Felicia's Journey, Krapp's Last Tape,...
- Le Souffle directed by Damien Odoul
- La SpagnolaLa SpagnolaLa Spagnola is a 2001 Australian film directed by Steve Jacobs. It was Australia's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.-See also:*Cinema of Australia...
directed by Steve JacobsSteve JacobsSteve Jacobs is an American born film director and actor. He directed the movie La Spagnola , which was written and produced by Monticelli. In 2008 he directed John Malkovich in a film adaptation of J. M. Coetzee's novel Disgrace, again produced and adapted by Monticelli. It premiered at the...
Jean Pierre Lefebvre: Vidéaste
- L'Âge des images I: Le Pornolithique directed by Jean Pierre LefebvreJean Pierre LefebvreJean Pierre Lefebvre is a French Canadian filmmaker. He is widely admired as "the godfather of independent Canadian cinema," particularly among young, independent filmmakers....
- L'Âge des images II: L'Écran invisible directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- L'Âge des images III: Comment filmer Dieu directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- L'Âge des images IV: Mon chien n'est pas mort directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- L'Âge des images V: La Passion de l'innocence directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- La Chambre blanche directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- Le Jour "S" directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- Mon amie Pierrette directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- Le Vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
Masters
- Éloge de l'amour directed by Jean-Luc GodardJean-Luc GodardJean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement, French Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave"....
- L' Anglaise et le ducThe Lady And The DukeThe Lady and the Duke is a 2001 feature film by French director Éric Rohmer.The film was inspired by Ma vie sous la révolution, the colourful memoirs of Grace Elliott, an Edinburgh-born royalist caught up in the political intrigue following the French Revolution...
directed by Eric RohmerÉric RohmerÉric Rohmer was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter and teacher. A figure in the post-war New Wave cinema, he was a former editor of Cahiers du cinéma.... - Buñuel and King Solomon's Table directed by Carlos SauraCarlos SauraCarlos Saura Atarés is a Spanish film director and photographer.-Early life:Born into a family of artists , he developed his artistic sense in childhood as a photography enthusiast.He obtained his directing diploma in Madrid in 1957 at the Institute of Cinema Research and Studies...
- The Diaries of Vaslav NijinskyVaslav NijinskyVaslav Nijinsky was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish descent, cited as the greatest male dancer of the 20th century. He grew to be celebrated for his virtuosity and for the depth and intensity of his characterizations...
directed by Paul CoxPaul CoxPaulus Henriqus Benedictus "Paul" Cox is an award-winning Australian film director.Cox was born in Venlo, Limburg, the Netherlands, the son of Else , a native of Germany, and Wim Cox, a documentary film producer. Cox emigrated to Australia in 1965... - Je rentre à la maison directed by Manoel de OliveiraManoel de OliveiraManoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira, GCSE is a Portuguese film director born in Cedofeita, Porto. He began working on films in the late 1920s, but did not receive international recognition until the early 1970s. Since the late 1980s he has been one of the most prolific working film directors and...
- Millennium MamboMillennium MamboMillennium Mambo directed by Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien, is a 2001 film.-Synopsis:The main character, Vicky, portrayed by actress Shu Qi narrates from 2011 about her life 10 years earlier. She describes her youth and story of her changing life at the beginning of the new Millennium. She...
directed by Hou Hsiao-hsienHou Hsiao-HsienHou Hsiao-Hsien is an award-winning film director and a leading figure of Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement.-Biography:... - Mulholland DriveMulholland Drive (film)Mulholland Drive is a 2001 American neo-noir psychological thriller written and directed by David Lynch, starring Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, and Laura Harring. The surrealist film was highly acclaimed by many critics and earned Lynch the Prix de la mise en scène at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival...
directed by David LynchDavid LynchDavid Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound... - The NavigatorsThe Navigators (film)The Navigators is a 2001 British film directed by Ken Loach with screenplay by Rob Dawber.It tells the story of the reactions of five Sheffield rail workers to the privatisation of the railway maintenance organisation for which they all work, and the consequences for them...
directed by Ken LoachKen LoachKenneth "Ken" Loach is a Palme D'Or winning English film and television director.He is known for his naturalistic, social realist directing style and for his socialist beliefs, which are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as homelessness , labour rights and child abuse at the... - La PianisteThe Piano TeacherThe Piano Teacher is a 2001 film directed by Michael Haneke, starring Isabelle Huppert and Benoît Magimel. The film is based on the novel Die Klavierspielerin by Elfriede Jelinek who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2004.- Plot :...
directed by Michael HanekeMichael HanekeMichael Haneke is a German born Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often document problems and failures in modern society. Haneke has worked in television‚ theatre and cinema. He is also known for raising social issues in his work... - The Profession of Arms directed by Ermanno OlmiErmanno OlmiErmanno Olmi is a renowned Italian film director.-Biography:Olmi was born in Bergamo, Lombardy. He is married to Loredana Detto, who played Antonietta Masetti in Il Posto....
- PulseKairo (film)is a 2001 Japanese horror film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The film was based on his novel of the same name, and was released in the United States in 2005 as Pulse. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival...
directed by Kiyoshi KurosawaKiyoshi Kurosawais a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre.-Biography:Born in Kobe on July 19, 1955, Kiyoshi Kurosawa is not related to director Akira Kurosawa... - The Son's RoomThe Son's RoomThe Son's Room is a 2001 Italian film directed by Nanni Moretti. It depicts the psychological effects on a family and their life after the death of their son...
directed by Nanni MorettiNanni MorettiGiovanni "Nanni" Moretti is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.-Life and work:Moretti was born in Bruneck, South Tyrol , in 1953 to parents who were teachers... - The Sun Behind the Moon directed by Mohsen MakhmalbafMohsen MakhmalbafMohsen Makhmalbaf is an Iranian film director, writer, editor, and producer. During 2007 he was the president of Asian Film Academy.Makhmalbaf's films have been widely presented in international film festivals in the past ten years. The multi-award-winning director, belongs to the new wave...
- Trouble Every Day directed by Claire DenisClaire DenisClaire Denis is a French film director and Professor of Film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.-Early life:...
- Warm Water Under a Red BridgeWarm Water Under a Red Bridgeis a 2001 Japanese film by director Shōhei Imamura. This was Imamura's last feature film. It was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.- Plot :...
directed by Shohei ImamuraShohei Imamurawas a Japanese film director. Imamura was the first Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards.His eldest son Daisuke Tengan is also a script writer and film director, and worked on the screenplays to Imamura's filmsThe Eel , Dr...
Midnight Madness
- The American AstronautThe American AstronautThe American Astronaut is a 2001 space-western/musical, directed by and starring Cory McAbee. The film was released on DVD in Spring of 2005. The band Billy Nayer Show, helmed by McAbee, wrote and performed the film's soundtrack.- Plot Summary :...
directed by Cory McAbeeCory McAbeeCory McAbee is an American writer and director, and lead singer of the band Billy Nayer Show.- Director :*Billy Nayer *The Man on the Moon... - Antinome directed by Grégory Morin
- Bang Rajan The Legend of the Village WarriorsBang Rajan (film)Bang Rajan is a 2000 Thai historical drama film depicting the battles of the Siamese village of Bang Rajan against the Burmese invaders in 1767, as remembered in popular Thai culture...
directed by Thanit Jitnukul - The BunkerThe Bunker (2001 film)The Bunker is a 2001 horror film directed by Rob Green, written by Clive Dawson and starring Jason Flemyng.-Plot:In late 1944 the remnants of a platoon of German Panzergrenadiers from the Großdeutschland Division are caught in an Ambush by American troops. In their retreat, they find a bunker,...
directed by Rob GreenRob Green (film director)Rob Green is a film director, producer, editor and screenwriter.-Biography:He is most notable for The Bunker and the drama-horror-thriller House... - Clip Cult (Vol. 1) directed by Chris CunninghamChris CunninghamChris Cunningham is an English music video film director and video artist. He was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1970 and grew up in Lakenheath, Suffolk....
, Hiroyuki Nokomo, Kouji Morimoto, Spike JonzeSpike JonzeSpike Jonze is an American director, producer and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television...
, Michele Gondry, Mark Adcock and Antoine Bardou Jaquet - Dogtown and Z-BoysDogtown and Z-BoysDogtown and Z-Boys is a 2001 documentary film directed by Stacy Peralta. Using a mix of film the Zephyr skateboard team shot in the 1970s by Craig Stecyk and more recent interviews, the documentary tells the story of a group of teenage surfer/skateboarders and their influence on the history of...
directed by Stacy PeraltaStacy PeraltaStacy Peralta is an American director and entrepreneur. Peralta was previously a professional skateboarder and surfer with the professional skateboarding group, the Z-Boys.-Early life:... - Eat directed by Bill PlymptonBill PlymptonWilliam "Bill" Calvin Plympton is an American animator, former cartoonist, director, screenwriter and producer best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face. and his series of shorts Guard Dog, Guide Dog, Hot Dog and Horn Dog.- Biography :Bill Plympton was born in...
- Electric Dragon 80,000 VElectric Dragon 80.000 VElectric Dragon 80.000 V is a 2001 Japanese film written and directed by Sogo Ishii. The comic-book style story stars Tadanobu Asano and Masatoshi Nagase as electricity wielding super-heroes.-Plot:...
directed by Sogo IshiiSogo Ishii', formerly is a Japanese filmmaker known for his striking visuals and sometimes outlandish subject matter.Ishii was born in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and is a graduate of Fukuoka Prefectural Fukuoka High School and Nihon University College of Art.... - Full Time Killer directed by Johnnie ToJohnnie ToJohnnie To Kei-Fung, born 22 April 1955, is a Hong Kong film director and producer. Popular in his native Hong Kong, To has also found acclaim overseas...
and Wai Ka-FaiWai Ka-FaiWai Ka-Fai is a Hong Kong writer, filmmaker, producer and former TV director and producer.Wai is best known for his frequent collaborations with Johnnie To, another former TV turned film director and producer. In 1996, they formed Milkyway Image, which is now one of the most successful independent... - Ichi the KillerIchi the Killeris a 2001 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike, based on Hideo Yamamoto's manga series of the same name.- Plot : While alone with a prostitute, crime lord Anjo is brutally murdered...
directed by Takashi MiikeTakashi Miikeis a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over seventy theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. In the years 2001 and 2002 alone, Miike is credited with directing fifteen productions... - Le Pacte des loups directed by Christophe GansChristophe GansChristophe Gans is a French film director, writer, and producer who specializes in horror, fantasy movies and video game adaptations.-Biography:...
- VersusVersus (film)is a 2000 Japanese action/horror film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura.-Synopsis:After escaping from police custody, Prisoner KSC2-303 and a fellow escapee join with a group of mobsters in a forest that is one of the 666 portals that act as a connection between this world and the next, called "The...
directed by Ryuhei KitamuraRyuhei Kitamura-External links:*...
National Cinema Programme
- As White as in Snow directed by Jan Troell
- Cabin Fever directed by Mona J. Hoel
- Cool and Crazy directed by Knut Erik Jensen
- Earth directed by Veikko AaltonenVeikko AaltonenVeikko Aaltonen is a Finnish director, editor, sound editor, production manager and film and television writer and actor....
- EllingEllingElling is a Norwegian film directed by Petter Næss. Shot mostly in and around the Norwegian capital Oslo, the film, which was released in 2001, is primarily based on Ingvar Ambjørnsen's novel Brødre i blodet , one of a series of four featuring the Elling character – the others are Utsikt til...
directed by Petter NæssPetter NæssPetter Næss is a Norwegian actor and film director. His first film as a director was the comedy Absolute Hangover in 1999... - Fiasco directed by Ragnar BragasonRagnar BragasonRagnar Bragason is an Icelandic film director, screenwriter and producer.He is best known for his films Börn and Foreldrar and the popular TV series Næturvaktin , Dagvaktin , and Fangavaktin .Ragnar grew up in the village of Súðavik, in a family of...
- GossipGossip (2000 Swedish film)Gossip is a 2000 Swedish comedy/drama film. It was directed and written by Colin Nutley.- Plot :* Ten actresses screen test for the title role of a remake of Queen Christina.- Cast :* Pernilla August ... as Molly Fischer...
directed by Colin NutleyColin NutleyColin Nutley is an English director successful in the Swedish film industry.-Career:Nutley went to Portsmouth Art College and began his career in British television as a graphic designer. He then turned to drama and documentary film-making for ITV, BBC and Channel 4... - The Icelandic Dream directed by Róbert I. Douglas
- Italian for BeginnersItalian for BeginnersItalian for Beginners is a 2000 Danish romantic comedy film written and directed by Lone Scherfig. The film stars Anders W. Berthelsen, Lars Kaalund and Peter Gantzler. The film was made by the austere principles of the Dogme 95 movement, including the use of hand held video cameras and natural...
directed by Lone ScherfigLone ScherfigLone Scherfig is a Danish film director. She graduated in 1984, and began her career as a director with "A Birthday Trip". She is part of the Dogme 95 film movement, which espouses a form of cinéma vérité She made her mark with the Dogme95-film, Italian for Beginners , a romantic comedy which... - Jalla! Jalla!Jalla! Jalla!Jalla! Jalla! is a 2000 Swedish comedy film directed by Josef Fares starring Fares Fares, Torkel Petersson, Tuva Novotny and Laleh Pourkarim as the main roles. Jalla! Jalla! is the debut film by Josef Fares and one of his most well-known...
directed by Josef FaresJosef FaresJosef Fares is a Crystal-Simorgh winning Swedish film director with Assyrian/Syriac origin. His brother is the actor Fares Fares, who has appeared in many of his films.... - Kira's Reason - A Love Story directed by Ole Christian MadsenOle Christian MadsenOle Christian Madsen is a Danish film director and script writer, responsible for several movies and TV series that has achieved success in Denmark. Among the most successful projects are the movies Flammen og Citronen, Prague, Nordkraft and the TV series Rejseholdet and Edderkoppen...
- Ode to a Hunter directed by Per Fronth
- The RiverThe River (2001 film)The River is a 2001 Finnish film directed by Jarmo Lampela. It was Finland's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.-See also:*Cinema of Finland...
directed by Jarmo Lampela - A Song for Martin directed by Bille AugustBille AugustBille August is a Danish Academy Award winning film and television director. His film Pelle the Conqueror from 1987 won the Palme D'or, Academy Award and Golden Globe. He is one of the very few directors to win the Palme D'or twice, winning the prestigious award again in 1991 for The Best...
- You Really Got MeYou Really Got Me"You Really Got Me" is a rock song written by Ray Davies and performed by his band, The Kinks. It was released on 4th August 1964 as the group's third single, and reached Number 1 on the UK singles chart the next month, remaining for two weeks...
directed by Pål Sletaune
Perspective Canada
- Black SoulBlack SoulBlack Soul is a 2002 animated short by Haitian Canadian filmmaker Martine Chartrand that uses paint-on-glass animation and music to portray defining moments of Black history....
directed by Martine Chartrand - 1:1 directed by Richard Reeves
- After directed by Byron Lamarque
- L' Ange de goudron directed by Denis ChouinardDenis ChouinardDenis Chouinard is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He has a degree in Filmmaking from Cégep de Saint-Laurent and a degree in Communications from UQAM. He is a close friend and collaborator of filmmaker Louis Bélanger; both men created several short films together before branching off...
- Un Arbre avec un chapeau directed by Pascal Sanchez
- The Art of WooThe Art of WooThe Art of Woo is a 2001 Canadian romantic comedy. Written and directed by Helen Lee, the film stars Sook-Yin Lee.- Plot :Alessa Woo , an art gallery employee, is caught up in trying to present a wealthy and powerful image for the sake of her career, but finds her plans unexpectedly complicated...
directed by Helen Lee - Century HotelCentury HotelCentury Hotel is a 2001 Canadian drama/mystery/romance film. It is directed and co-written by David Weaver and Bridget Newson.The film explains seven different stories, that happen in the same hotel room in different eras, from the 1920s to the 1990s...
directed by David Weaver - Charlie Noir directed by Keith Davidson
- Un Crabe dans la tête directed by André Turpin
- CybermanCyberman (film)Cyberman is a 2001 documentary film about Steve Mann, inventor of the EyeTap. It was directed by Peter Lynch, but much of the material in the film was also shot by Mann himself, through his EyeTap. Thus Cyberman may well have been the first film in which the subject incidentally or existentially...
directed by Peter LynchPeter Lynch (director)Peter Lynch is an Canadian filmmaker, the director and writer of Project Grizzly and Cyberman.Lynch won a Genie Award for his short film Arrowhead, starring Don McKellar.He attended York University in Toronto, Canada.-Early life:... - La Femme qui boit directed by Bernard ÉmondBernard ÉmondBernard Émond is a French-language Canadian director and screenwriter particularly noted for his spiritual films and documentaries on the human condition.- Director :* 1992 : Ceux qui ont le pas léger meurent sans laisser de traces...
- FILM(dzama) directed by deco dawson
- The Frank Truth directed by Rick Caine
- A Fresh Start directed by Jason Buxton
- The Green directed by Paul Carrière
- I Shout Love directed by Sarah PolleySarah PolleySarah Polley is a Canadian actress, singer, film director, and screenwriter. Polley first attained notice in her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea...
- In Memoriam directed by Aubrey Nealon
- Inertia directed by Sean Garrity
- Inséparables directed by Normand Bergeron
- Instant Soup directed by Bridget Hill
- Jean Laliberté: A Man, His Vision and a Whole Lot of Concrete directed by Philippe FalardeauPhilippe FalardeauPhilippe Falardeau is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.His first feature film, La Moitié gauche du frigo won "Best Canadian First Feature" at the Toronto International Film Festival and a Best Screenplay nomination at the Quebec-based Jutra Awards...
- The Judgment directed by Serge Marcotte
- Khaled directed by Asghar Massombagi
- Lilith on Top directed by Lynne StopkewichLynne StopkewichLynne Stopkewich is a Canadian film director, particularly notable as the director of the film Kissed .-History:In 1987, Stopkewich obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in film studies from Concordia University, followed in 1996 by a Master of Fine Arts Degree in film studies from the...
- Lip Service: A Mystery directed by Ann Marie FlemingAnn Marie FlemingAnn Marie Fleming is an independent Canadian filmmaker, writer, and visual artist who was born in Okinawa, in 1962, of Chinese and Australian parentage. She has a B.A. in English from the University of British Columbia, a B.F.A. from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and the Open...
- Lola directed by Carl BessaiCarl BessaiCarl Bessai is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Bessai studied at OCAD University and at York University in Toronto graduating with a Master of Fine Arts Degree. He got his start directing documentary films before moving to Vancouver and directing his debut feature film Johnny in 1999...
- Lollipops directed by Graham Tallman
- Mariages directed by Catherine Martin
- On Their Knees directed by Anais GranofskyAnais GranofskyAnais Granofsky is a Canadian actress, screenwriter, producer and director. She is best known for portraying Lucy Fernandez in the Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High series.-Early life and career:...
- Rare BirdsRare BirdsRare Birds is a 2001 Canadian comedy/drama film. It was directed by Sturla Gunnarsson and written by Edward Riche based on his novel. This movie features spectacular scenery from Cape Spear, Newfoundland, Canada. It also features music by the The Pogues and characteristic Canadian Maritime...
directed by Sturla GunnarssonSturla GunnarssonSturla Gunnarsson is a Canadian film director.Gunnarsson was born in Iceland in 1951. He moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, with his parents when he was seven years old. As he grew up he became interested in filmmaking and went to the University of British Columbia where he completed... - Remembrance directed by Stephanie MorgensternStephanie MorgensternStephanie Grace Morgenstern is a Swiss-Canadian actress, filmmaker, and screenwriter for television and film. Born in Geneva, Switzerland and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Morgenstern began her acting career when she was 15. She has worked extensively on stage, film, and television in both English...
- Romain et Juliette directed by Frédéric Lapierre
- Scènes d'enfants directed by Lara Fitzgerald
- Self: (Portrait/Fulfillment) A Film By the Blob Thing directed by Brian Stockton
- Sight Under Construction directed by John Kneller
- Silent Song directed by Elida Schogt
- Soowitch directed by Jean-François Rivard
- Strange Invaders directed by Cordell Barker
- Suddenly NakedSuddenly NakedSuddenly Naked is a 2001 drama film directed by Anne Wheeler and written by Elyse Friedman.-Plot:Jackie York is a famous novelist with a secret: she is suffering from writer's block and is unable to write her much-anticipated novel. After being used and then dumped by a wannabe movie director,...
directed by Anne WheelerAnne WheelerAnne Wheeler, OC is a Canadian film and television writer, producer and director. Graduating in Mathematics from the University of Alberta she was a computer programmer before traveling abroad. Her years of travels inspired her to become a storyteller and when she returned she joined a group of... - Three Sisters on Moon Lake directed by Julia Kwan
- The Topic of Cancer directed by Ramiro Puerta
- Touch directed by Jeremy PodeswaJeremy PodeswaJeremy Podeswa is a Canadian/American film and television director. He is best known for directing the films The Five Senses and Fugitive Pieces . He has also worked as Director on the television shows Six Feet Under, Nip/Tuck, The Tudors, Queer as Folk, and the HBO World War II miniseries The...
- Treed MurrayTreed MurrayTreed Murray is a 2001 Canadian drama/thriller film. It was written and directed by William Phillips and features Stargate Atlantis star David Hewlett...
directed by William PhillipsWilliam Phillips (director)William Phillips is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. After graduating from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science Degree, William Phillips studied film at Ryerson University. Phillips then ran a film production company entitled Grandview Products and worked on the... - Walk Backwards directed by Laurie Maria Baranyay
- Westray directed by Paul Cowan
Planet Africa
- É Minha Cara/That's My Face directed by Thomas Allen Harris
- 100 Days directed by Nick Hughes
- L' Afrance directed by Alain Gomis
- Bintou directed by Fanta Regina NacroFanta Régina NacroFanta Régina Nacro is a film director from Burkina Faso. She received her first degree in audiovisual science and techniques from INAFEC in 1986 and also earned a Master’s Degree in Film and Audiovisual Studies at the Sorbonne....
- The Father directed by Ermias Woldeamlak
- Inch'Allah Dimanche directed by Yamina BenguiguiYamina BenguiguiYamina Benguigui is a French-Algerian film director. She is known for her films on gender issues in the North African immigrant community in France.-Life:...
- Karmen directed by Joseph Gaï Ramaka
- The Killing Yard directed by Euzhan PalcyEuzhan PalcyEuzhan Palcy is a film director writer and producer from Martinique, French West Indies. She is notable for being the first black female director produced by a major Hollywood studio , for A Dry White Season; as well as being the only female filmmaker who directed Marlon Brando .- Early life and...
- Malunde directed by Stefanie Sycholt
- Mouka directed by Adama Roamba
- Paris: xy directed by Zeka Laplaine
- Snipes directed by Richard Murray
- Surrender directed by Celine Gilbert
Real to Reel
- Carving Out Our Name directed by Tony ZierraTony ZierraTony Zierra is an American director and producer. He has directed three movies: Carving Out Our Name, USA The Movie and My Big Break in which he also appeared,- External links :...
- El Caso Pinochet directed by Patricio GuzmánPatricio GuzmánPatricio Guzmán Lozanes is a Chilean documentary film director. He is internationally renowned for films such as The Battle of Chile and Salvador Allende....
- Chop SueyChop sueyChop suey is a Chinese dish consisting of meat and eggs, cooked quickly with vegetables such as bean sprouts, cabbage, and celery and bound in a starch-thickened sauce...
directed by Bruce WeberBruce Weber (photographer)Bruce Weber is an American fashion photographer and occasional filmmaker. He is most widely known for his ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Pirelli, Abercrombie & Fitch, Revlon, and Gianni Versace, as well as his work for Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Elle, Life, Interview, and Rolling Stone... - Digital Short Films by Three Filmmakers: In Public directed by Jia ZhangkeJia ZhangkeJia Zhangke is a Chinese film director. He is generally regarded as a leading figure of the "Sixth Generation" movement of Chinese cinema, a group that also includes such figures as Wang Xiaoshuai and Zhang Yuan....
, Digitopia, directed by John Akomfrah and A Conversation With God directed by Tsai Ming-liangTsai Ming-liangTsai Ming-liang is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese Cinema, along with earlier contemporaries such as Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang... - Facing the Music directed by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson
- FidelFidel (2001 documentary)Fidel: The Untold Story was a documentary released in 2001 by Estela Bravo.The film featured interviews with:*Phillip Agee*Muhammad Ali*Harry Belafonte*Ramsey Clark*Angela Davis*Elián González*Nelson Mandela*Gabriel García Márquez*Ted Turner...
directed by Estela Bravo - Grateful DawgGrateful DawgGrateful Dawg is a documentary film from 2000 which chronicles the friendship and musical relationship of musicians Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. Director and producer Gillian Grisman uses multiple videos, as well as live recordings, to help show this bond between two friends and musicians. It...
directed by Gillian Grisman - Hell HouseHell House (film)Hell House is a 2001 documentary on a hell house--a Christian-themed haunted attraction--in Cedar Hill, Texas. The film documents the work involved in creating the hell house, the performances themselves, and the personal lives of some of the participants....
directed by George Ratliff - How's Your News?How's Your News?How's Your News? is an American television series and also a feature film. It aired Sundays on MTV in the United States, and the feature film based on the same concept was released in 2003. It stars a group of reporters with developmental disabilities who interview celebrities and politicians...
directed by Arthur BradfordArthur BradfordArthur Houston Bradford is an American short story author and a director. He has had one book of short stories published, Dogwalker . He has won an O. Henry Award and has had his stories published in Esquire, McSweeneys, Zoetrope, Dazed & Confused, Tin House, and BOMB... - It's About Time (Zmani) directed by Ayelet MenahemiAyelet MenahemiAyelet Menahemi is an award-winning Israeli film director, producer, writer, editor, and actor.-Life and Works:Menahemi was born in Tel Aviv in 1963...
and Elona Ariel - James Ellroy's Feast of Death directed by Vikram JayantiVikram JayantiVikram Teja Jayanti is a documentary filmmaker responsible for a number of well known full-feature documentary films. Two of his films, for which he has production credits, have received Academy Awards for Best Full-Feature Documentary; the 1997 blockbuster When We Were Kings and 2005's Born Into...
- Japanese DevilsJapanese DevilsJapanese Devils is a Japanese documentary about the war crimes committed by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II...
directed by Minoru Matsui - Missing Young Woman directed by Lourdes PortilloLourdes PortilloLourdes Portillo is an American screenwriter and filmmaker. While the majority of her work is in the documentary film genre, she has also created video installations and written for the stage...
- Much Ado About Something directed by Michael RubboMichael RubboMichael Dattilo Rubbo is an Australian filmmaker who has written and directed over 50 films in documentary and fiction....
- Nazareth 2000 directed by Hany Abu-AssadHany Abu-AssadHany Abu-Assad is a Dutch-Palestinian film director. His film Paradise Now, about two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006.-Early life:...
- Okie NoodlingOkie NoodlingOkie Noodling is a 2001 documentary examining the practice of handfishing in rural Oklahoma.-Premise:As much about the subculture surrounding handfishing, the film documents this practice of wading in murky water and sticking your hand into dark holes hoping a plus catfish will latch onto your...
directed by Bradley BeesleyBradley BeesleyBradley Beesley is an American independent film and video director, producer and cinematographer. He has long been associated with the alternative music band, The Flaming Lips.... - Privé directed by Heddy HonigmannHeddy HonigmannHeddy Honigmann is a Peruvian-born Dutch director of fictional and documentary films.Heddy Honigmann was born on 1 October 1951 in Lima, Peru to Polish Jewish immigrants. She has spent most of her adult life in the Netherlands, having become a Dutch citizen.Most of her films have been Dutch...
- PromisesPromises (film)Promises is a 2001 documentary film that examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the perspectives of seven children living in the Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Israeli neighborhoods of Jerusalem....
directed by Justine ShapiroJustine ShapiroJustine Shapiro is one of several main hosts of the Pilot Productions travel/adventure series Globe Trekker . Shapiro is known for her commentary and critique of countries visited...
, B.Z. Goldberg and Carlos BoladoCarlos BoladoCarlos Bolado is a Mexican filmmaker.He studied cinematography and sociology both in the same university, the UNAM. He has worked as a soundman and editor on several films. After making several short films, he ventured into the genre of film features with the film Baja California: The Limit of Time... - The Struma directed by Simcha JacoboviciSimcha JacoboviciSimcha Jacobovici is a Canadian film director, producer, free-lance journalist, and writer. He is a three-times Emmy winner for Outstanding Investigative Journalism....
- The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins directed by Geoff Bowie
- Warrior of Light directed by Monika TreutMonika TreutMonika Treut is an openly lesbian German filmmaker.In the mid-1970s she began working with video. She founded Hyena Filmproduktion together with Elfi Mikesch in 1984, and began producing, writing, and directing independent feature films....
Special Presentations
- Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner directed by Zacharias KunukZacharias KunukZacharias Kunuk, is a Canadian Inuk producer and director most notable for his film Atanarjuat, the first Canadian dramatic feature film produced completely in Inuktitut...
- Buffalo SoldiersBuffalo Soldiers (2001 film)Buffalo Soldiers is a 2001 film, based on the 1993 novel by Robert O'Connor, which follows the rogue activities of a group of US soldiers based in West Germany during 1989 when the fall of the Berlin Wall is imminent...
directed by Gregor JordanGregor JordanGregor Jordan is an Australian film director.Jordan's films include Two Hands , Buffalo Soldiers , and Ned Kelly . He has also directed the concert video These Days: Live in Concert by Australian rock band Powderfinger.His film Two Hands won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction... - La Chambre des officiersThe Officers' Ward (film)The Officers' Ward , is a 2001 French film, directed by François Dupeyron and starring Eric Caravaca as the central character. It based on the novel by Marc Dugain...
directed by François DupeyronFrançois DupeyronFrançois Dupeyron is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1977. His film La chambre des officiers was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:... - Christmas Carol: The MovieChristmas Carol: The MovieChristmas Carol: The Movie is a 2001 British live action/animated film based on Charles Dickens's classic novella. Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, the film features the voices of numerous actors including Simon Callow, Kate Winslet , and Nicolas Cage.- Voice cast :*Simon Callow – Charles...
directed by Jimmy T. Murakami - Comment j'ai tué mon père directed by Anne FontaineAnne Fontaine (filmmaker)Anne Fontaine is a filmmaker and screenwriter who used to be an actor. She lives and works in France.Born Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc, sister of actor Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, she went as a young child to live in Lisbon, where her father, Antoine Sibertin-Blanc, is a music professor and cathedral...
- The Devil's BackboneThe Devil's BackboneThe Devil's Backbone is a 2001 Spanish-Mexican gothic thriller film written by Guillermo del Toro, Antonio Trashorras and David Muñoz, and directed by Guillermo del Toro. It was independently produced by Pedro Almodóvar....
directed by Guillermo del ToroGuillermo del ToroGuillermo del Toro is a Mexican director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and designer. He is mostly known for his acclaimed films, Blade II, Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy film franchise. He is a frequent collaborator with Ron Perlman, Federico Luppi and Doug Jones... - Emil and the DetectivesEmil and the DetectivesEmil and the Detectives is a 1929 novel for children set mainly in Berlin, by the German writer Erich Kästner. It was Kästner's first major success, the only one of his pre-1945 works to escape Nazi censorship, and remains his best-known work, and has been translated into at least 59 languages...
directed by Franziska BuchFranziska Buch-Selected filmography:* In Search of Paradise * Emil and the Detectives * Hier kommt Lola! -External links:... - Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain directed by Jean-Pierre JeunetJean-Pierre Jeunet-Life and career:Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Loire, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios. He befriended Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became his longtime collaborator and...
- Focus directed by Neal Slavin
- HeistHeist (film)Heist is a 2001 crime film, written and directed by David Mamet, which stars Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, and Sam Rockwell.-Plot:...
directed by David MametDavid MametDavid Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter and film director.Best known as a playwright, Mamet won a Pulitzer Prize and received a Tony nomination for Glengarry Glen Ross . He also received a Tony nomination for Speed-the-Plow . As a screenwriter, he received Oscar... - HotelHotel (2001 film)-Plot:While a British film crew are shooting a version of The Duchess of Malfi in Venice, they in turn are being filmed by a sleazy documentary primadonna while the strange staff share meals which consist of human meat. Then there is the hit man, the call girl and the Hollywood producer all...
directed by Mike FiggisMike FiggisMichael "Mike" Figgis is an English film director, writer, and composer.-Personal life:Figgis was born in Carlisle, England and grew up in Africa. Figgis for several years had a relationship with the actress Saffron Burrows and cast her in several films... - In the BedroomIn the BedroomIn the Bedroom is a 2001 American crime drama film directed by Todd Field, and dedicated to Andre Dubus, whose short story Killings is the source material on which the screenplay, by Field and Robert Festinger, is based...
directed by Todd FieldTodd FieldWilliam Todd Field, known professionally as Todd Field is an American actor and writer/director. He has received three Academy Award nominations.-Background and personal life:... - Joy Ride directed by John DahlJohn DahlJohn Dahl is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for his work in the neo-noir genre.-Life and career:John Dahl was born in Billings, Montana, the second of four children . Dahl spent his young life in and around Montana all the way up through his college years...
- Ma femme est une actrice directed by Yvan AttalYvan AttalYvan Attal is an Israeli-born French actor and director.-Background:Born in Tel-Aviv to French-Algerian Jewish parents, he grew up in the outskirts of Paris. His acting debut was in Éric Rochant's Un monde sans pitié , which earned him a César Award for Most Promising Actor...
- Nosferatu, A Symphony of HorrorNosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauensis a classic 1922 German Expressionist horror film, directed by F. W. Murnau, starring Max Schreck as the vampire Count Orlok...
directed by F.W. Murnau - Picture ClairePicture ClairePicture Claire is a 2001 thriller film directed by Bruce McDonald of a screenplay by Semi Chellas. The film stars Juliette Lewis, Gina Gershon, Callum Keith Rennie, Kelly Harms, Camilla Rutherford, Peter Stebbings, and Mickey Rourke...
directed by Bruce McDonald - Prozac NationProzac Nation (film)Prozac Nation is a 2001 American drama film directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg, starring Christina Ricci, Jason Biggs and Anne Heche. . It is based on an autobiography of the same name by Elizabeth Wurtzel, which describes Wurtzel's experiences with major depression...
directed by Erik SkjoldbjærgErik SkjoldbjærgErik Skjoldbjærg is a Norwegian director and writer best known for co-writing and directing the film Insomnia and directing Prozac Nation-External links:... - The Safety of ObjectsThe Safety of ObjectsThe Safety of Objects is a 2001 independent film based upon a series of short stories written by A. M. Homes about four suburban families who find that their lives become intertwined. The film was directed by Rose Troche, and has many characters. It is often considered an "intellectual film" in the...
directed by Rose TrocheRose TrocheRose Troche is a film and television director, television producer, and screenwriter. She grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and attended film school, earning a degree from the University of Illinois in Chicago... - Sidewalks of New YorkSidewalks of New York (film)Sidewalks of New York is a 2001 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Edward Burns, who also stars in the film. The plot follows eight cycles in the lives of six Manhattan residents whose inter-connections form a circle that places each of them less than the proverbial six degrees of...
directed by Edward BurnsEdward BurnsEdward Fitzgerald Burns is an American actor, film producer, writer and director.-Early life:Burns was born in Woodside, Queens, New York, the son of Molly , a federal agency manager, and Edward J. Burns, a public relations spokesman and police officer. He was raised a Roman Catholic... - Sur mes lèvresSur mes lèvresSur mes lèvres is a 2001 French film by Jacques Audiard, co-written with Tonino Benacquista. The film stars Vincent Cassel as Paul, an ex-con on parole, and Emmanuelle Devos as Carla, a nearly deaf secretary whose colleagues treat her disrespectfully, causing her to suffer...
directed by Jacques AudiardJacques AudiardJacques Audiard is a French film director, the son of Michel Audiard, also a notable screenwriter and film director.He won twice both the César Award for Best Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language, in 2005 for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and in 2010 for A Prophet... - TapeTape (film)Tape is a 2001 drama film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Stephen Belber, based on his play of the same name. It stars Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, and Uma Thurman. The entire film takes place in real-time.- Plot :...
directed by Richard LinklaterRichard Linklater-Early life:Linklater was born in Houston, Texas. He studied at Sam Houston State University and left midway through his stint in college to work on an off-shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. While working on the rig he read a lot of literature, but on land he developed a love of film through... - Thirteen Conversations About One ThingThirteen Conversations About One ThingThirteen Conversations About One Thing is a 2001 American drama film directed by Jill Sprecher. The screenplay by Sprecher and her sister Karen focuses on five seemingly disparate individuals in search of happiness whose paths intersect in ways that unexpectedly impact their lives.-Plot:The film is...
directed by Jill SprecherJill Sprecher-Biography:A graduate from University of Wisconsin–Madison with a degree in philosophy and literature, Sprecher relocated to New York to study film.... - Waking LifeWaking LifeWaking Life is an American animated film , directed by Richard Linklater and released in 2001. The entire film was shot using digital video and then a team of artists using computers drew stylized lines and colors over each frame.The film focuses on the nature of dreams, consciousness, and...
directed by Richard LinklaterRichard Linklater-Early life:Linklater was born in Houston, Texas. He studied at Sam Houston State University and left midway through his stint in college to work on an off-shore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. While working on the rig he read a lot of literature, but on land he developed a love of film through... - Who is Cletis Tout?Who is Cletis Tout?Who is Cletis Tout? is a 2001 crime comedy film written and directed by Chris Ver Wiel and starring Christian Slater, Richard Dreyfuss, and Tim Allen...
directed by Chris Ver Wiel - World TravelerWorld TravelerWorld Traveler is a 2001 drama directed by Bart Freundlich. It stars Billy Crudup and Julianne Moore. It was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival.-Plot:...
directed by Bart FreundlichBart FreundlichBartholomew "Bart" Freundlich is an American film, television director, screenwriter and film producer.-Life and career:...
Wavelengths
- ATOZ directed by Robert Breer
- Automatic Writing directed by Fred WordenFred WordenFred Worden, filmmaker, has been involved in experimental cinema since the 1970s. His work has been screened at The Museum of Modern Art, in the 2002 Whitney Biennial, The Centre Pompidou, in Paris, The Pacific Film Archive, The New York Film Festival, The London Film Festival, The Rotterdam...
- Baby Dream II directed by Miles McKane
- The Back Steps directed by Leighton Pierce
- Color Study directed by Vincent Grenier
- Les Coquelicots directed by Rose Lowder
- The Dark Room directed by Minyong Jang
- The Deformation of the Setting Sun directed by Joseph Leclerc
- Didam directed by Olivier Fouchard and Mahine Rouhi
- Emanance directed by Craig A. Lindley
- Engram Sepals (Melodramas 1994–2000) directed by Lewis Klahr
- Exposed directed by Siegfried A. Fruhauf
- Interior: New York Subway, 14th Street to 42nd Street directed by G.W. (Billy) Bitzer
- Intrude Sanctuary directed by Hsiao Shuo-wen
- L' Iris fantastique directed by Segundo de Chomón
- The Last Lost Shot directed by Cécile Fontaine
- Love's Refrain directed by Nathaniel Dorsky
- Lovesong directed by Stan BrakhageStan BrakhageJames Stanley Brakhage , better known as Stan Brakhage, was an American non-narrative filmmaker who is considered to be one of the most important figures in 20th century experimental film....
- Marisa directed by Jacopo Quadri
- Mist directed by Matthias Müller
- Nipkow TV directed by Christian Hossner
- Outermost directed by Stephanie Maxwell and Allan Schindler
- Post Mortem directed by Catherine Tanitte
- Premières images II directed by Étienne-Jules MareyÉtienne-Jules MareyÉtienne-Jules Marey was a French scientist and chronophotographer.His work was significant in the development of cardiology, physical instrumentation, aviation, cinematography and the science of labor photography...
- Le Roi des dollars directed by Segundo de Chomón
- Schichtwechsel directed by Christian Hossner
- Serpentine Dance by Annabelle directed by W.K.L. Dickson and William HeiseWilliam HeiseWilliam Heise was an American film director, active in the 1890s. He 'directed' The Kiss, a 1896 short film that depicted a kiss between May Irwin and John Rice....
- Shudder (Top and Bottom) directed by Michael Gitlin
- Sliding Off the Edge of the World directed by Mark Street
- Slit Scan Movie directed by Christian Hossner
- Soundings directed by Sandra Gibson
- Tree-line directed by Gunvor Nelson
- Trees in Autumn directed by Kurt KrenKurt KrenKurt Kren was an Austrian avantgarde filmmaker. He is best known for his involvement with the Vienna Aktionists and the group of films that resulted.-Biography:...
- Wot the Ancient Sod directed by Diane Kitchen