 Spanish directors Victor Maldonado (left) and Adrià Garcia in Venice for the world premiere of their animated film 'Nocturna'. This and other portraits on this page by Fabrizio Maltese for european-films.net, all rights reserved. A child’s fear of the dark is imaginatively explored in the Franco-Spanish animation film Nocturna from debuting directors Victor Maldonado and Adrià García. The two boys from Barcelona -- both still under thirty -- were artistic supervisors on the 2003 Spanish feature El Cid before making the plunge and directing their first feature. In Nocturna, the little protagonist is an orphan who discovers that the dark of night conceals not only scary monsters but also an army of do-gooders who work on important tasks such as messing up sleeping people’s hair, putting sand in people’s eyes or taking care of the moon and stars. Boyd van Hoeij, the editor of european-films.net, sat down with the couple during the recent Venice Film Festival, where Nocturna had its world premiere. It premiered in Spain earlier this month and hit French screens yesterday (Wednesday). |
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 Spanish director José Luis Guerín and actress Pilar López de Ayala in Venice for the presentation of 'En la ciudad de Sylvia' (In the City of Sylvia). Portraits by Fabrizio Maltese for european-films.net, all rights reserved. En la ciudad de Sylvia (In the City of Sylvia) from Spanish director José Luis Guerín (En construcción) premiered at the Venice Film Festival where it was politely received, but went on to accumulate ever more positive notices as it screened as festivals in North America. The film, with no dialogue to speak of save for one conversation about forty minutes in, is indeed a work that needs some time to sink in. It follows an unnamed dreamer (Xavier Lafitte), who returns to Strasbourg after six years in the hope of finding Sylvie again. He tries to recognise her in the faces of the women that pass, finally deciding that one girl (Pilar López de Ayala) must be Sylvia. The editor of european-films.net, Boyd van Hoeij, spoke with Guerín and López de Ayala in Venice. |
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 UK actor Jamie Bell at the Berlin Film Festival for the Competition title 'Hallam Foe'. Portrait by Fabrizio Maltese for european-films.net, all rights reserved. British actor Jamie Bell came to the world’s attention as the exuberantly dancing title character in Stephen Daldry’s Billy Elliot, for which he won a Best Actor BAFTA at age 14. He has since gone on to star in films that have challenged him as an actor ( Undertow, Dear Wendy) and in Hollywood productions such as Peter Jackson’s King Kong remake and Clint Eastwood’s Flags of our Fathers. His latest role in the former category is Hallam Foe, a disturbed Scottish teenager with some serious personality and sexual issues in David McKenzie’s film of the same name. The film is an adaptation of the novel by Peter Jinks and is the now 21-year-old actor’s most mature effort yet. It premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, where Boyd van Hoeij listened in on what the actor had to say. The film is released in Germany today (Thursday) and in the UK tomorrow. |
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