Golden Octopus for best picture: Moon by Duncan Jones UK

Jury’s special mention: The Children by Tom Shankland UK

Audience’s choice: Dead Snow by Tommy Wirkola Norway

Short films

Nomination for the Golden Melies:  Full Employment by Thomas Oberlies & Matthias Vogel Germany

Audience’s choice: Full Employment by Thomas Oberlies & Matthias Vogel Germany

Young person’s jury prize: The Knot by Kjersti Steinsbø Norway

Jacques Champreux, actor, writer and director, adapted the scenario and dialogues for Judex, based on Louis Feuillade and Arthur Bernède’s 1916 original creation.

He also scripted Shadowman, and played the leading role. Grandson of Louis Feuillade, and son of Maurice Champreux, Feuillade’s chief operator, his other acting credits include Rocambole (1964) and the TV series Shadowman. He directed Bako, the other Shore in 1979.

Georges Franju said of Edith Scob that rather than an inspiration to his filmmaking, she was a kindred spirit, an embodiment of magic and fragility, and that her appearance was a projection of part of himself. Immortalised forever as Christiane in Eyes without a Face, Scob has been acting for over 40 years. Her other films for Franju include Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962), Judex (1963) and Thomas l’imposteur (1964).

Her recent films include La question humaine (`2007) and Didine (2008) and l’Heure d’été (2008) for which she received a nod from the Césars.

(The Orphan)
Nationalité: Américaine
Année : 2009
Couleur-VOST
PREMIERE FRANCE

Director : JAUME COLLET-SERRA
Producers: JOEL SILVER, SUSAN DOWNEY, JENNIFER DAVISSON KILLORAN, LEONARDO DiCAPRIO
Executive Producers: STEVE RICHARDS, DON CARMODY MICHAEL IRELAND
Screenplay: DAVID LESLIE JOHNSON
Story by: ALEX MACE
Director of Photography: JEFF CUTTER
Music: JOHN OTTMAN
Editing: TIM ALVERSON
Visual Effects Supervisor: RICHARD YURICICH

FICHE ARTISTIQUE

Kate : VERA FARMIGA
John :PETER SARSGAARD
Esther : ISABELLE FUHRMAN
Soeur Abigail : CCH POUNDER
Daniel : JIMMY BENNET

SYNOPSIS

The tragic loss of their unborn child has devastated Kate (Vera Farmiga) and John (Peter Sarsgaard), taking a toll on both their marriage and Kate’s fragile psyche as she is plagued by nightmares and haunted by demons from her past. Struggling to regain some semblance of normalcy in their lives, the couple decides to adopt another child. At the local orphanage, both John and Kate find themselves strangely drawn to a young girl named Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman)…but Esther is not what she appears to be and, concerned for the safety of her family, Kate tries to get John and others to see past Esther’s sweet facade. But her warnings go unheeded until it may be too late…for everyone.

JAUME COLLET-SERRA (Director)

JAUME COLLET-SERRA (Director) was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1974. In the early 1990s, he moved from Barcelona to Los Angeles to attend film school at Columbia College. Soon after graduating, he began his career as an editor.
From there, Collet-Serra moved into directing music videos and then commercials for products such as PlayStation, Budweiser, MasterCard, Miller Lite, Pontiac, Smirnoff Ice, Renault, Verizon and 7-UP, working with such agencies as McCann-Erickson, J. Walter Thompson, BBDO, and TBWA\Chiat\Day.
Collet-Serra’s stylized, surreal and often dark imagery quickly caught the eye of producer Joel Silver, who hired him to direct “House of Wax” in 2005. Then in 2007, Collet-Serra’s love for soccer took him back to Spain to shoot “Goal II: Living the Dream.”

Warner Bros. Pictures présents
En association avec DARK CASTLE ENTERTAINMENT
Une production APPIAN WAY
Distribué par Warner Bros. Pictures France
Sortie Nationale: 30 décembre 2009
www.esther-lefilm.com

Catherine Breillat started out in 1967 by studying acting in Paris. Today she is an internationally known filmmaker and novelist.

copyright Guillaume Lavit d’Hautefort

An iconoclast and breaker of sexual taboo, Sight and Sound recently named her one of the 50 most visionary filmmakers of all time. Amongst her best known films are Romance (1999), Virgin (36 fillette) and Fat Girl! (A ma soeur) (2001).

In competition with Blue Beard.

He has directed several award-winning documentaries including Gitmo – New Rules of War (2005) which won best documentary at the Seattle Film Festival and Special Grand Jury Mention at Miami Film Festival, and Sacrificio – Who batrayed Che Guevara ? (2001) winning First Prize at International Film Festivals in Cuba, Portugal, Brazil and raising debate all over Europe and Latin America. He is also one of the founders of Atmo Media Network, and form Atmo Animation which has gone on to write and produce over 30 short animation films. He has also written and produced two television drama series for SVT Swedish Television (A Different Class and Dream Team).

In competition with Metropia.

Tom Shankland first studied cinema at the University of Bristol, followed by studies at the National Film School. After directing short films (You Know My Story, Shadow, Bubbles, Bait, Going Down) as well as episodes for a TV series (Marple: the Moving Finger), he turned out his first feature film, the horror thriller WAZ, widely travelled on the festival circuit. The Children is his second feature film.

In competition with The Children.

Chris Smith’s talent was noticed by Dan Films following a short film he wrote and directed called “The Day Grandad Went Blind”. Subsequent to them meeting, he wrote and directed his first feature for the company, a horror film set on the London Underground called “Creep”, starring Franka Potente and Sean Harris. The film premiered in the Midnight Madness section of the 2004 Toronto Film Festival, and was released by Pathe in the UK in January 2005 and distributed in the US by Lionsgate Films. His second feature, a comedy horror called “Severance” also received its premiere at Midnight Madness in 2006 and was the first horror film to be shown at Telluride. Both films have since gone on to establish a cult following.

In competition with Triangle.

USA – 1979 – 1H56 – V.O.S.T – Version remasterisée de Ridley Scott

In 2122, the towing spaceship Nostormo is on a return trip to Earth. The ship’s computer picks up an SOS from an unknown planet and decides to wake up the 7-member crew from cryogenic sleep.

The subtle chemistry of H.R. Giger’s organic, tortuous creature and the dark meandering passageways the lifelike space ship designed by Rob Cobb revolutionised the way space is depicted in cinema. Besides engendering three sequels, Alien’s planetary success inspired many imitations, none of which equalled their model.