Did Erick Zonca or Roy William Neill direct a film that won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival?
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Erick Zonca Érick Zonca (born 10 September 1956) is a French film director and screenwriter, best known for his critically acclaimed, award-winning 1998 feature film debut "The Dreamlife of Angels". The film won the Best Actress award at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
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Roy William Neill Roy William Neill (4 September 1887 – 14 December 1946) was an English film director best known for directing the last eleven of the fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, made between 1943 and 1946 and released by Universal Studios.
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a 2017 psychological horror-thriller film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, from a screenplay by Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou. It stars Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, Lanthimos and Filippou won the Best Screenplay award. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 20, 2017, by A24, before being released in the United Kingdom on November 17, 2017, by Curzon Artificial Eye.
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Le vent de la nuit Le Vent de la nuit ("Night Wind" in English) is a French drama film that came out in 1999, starring Catherine Deneuve and directed by Philippe Garrel, with a score by John Cale. It tells a story of transient loves and willed deaths, in which a callow young man abandons an older woman and loses a wiser friend.
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Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival) The Best Director Award (French: "Prix de la mise en scène" ) is an annual award presented at the Cannes Film Festival for best directing achievements in a feature film screened as part of festival's official selection (i.e. films selected for the competition program which compete for the festival's main prize Palme d'Or). Awarded by festival's jury, it was first given in 1946.
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Zama (2017 film) Zama is a 2017 Argentine film directed by Lucrecia Martel. It is based on the novel of the same name by Antonio di Benedetto. It premiered at the 74th Venice International Film Festival. It was also screened in the Masters section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.
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Centaur (2016 film) Centaur is a 2016 Kyrgyzstani drama film directed by Aktan Abdykalykov. It was screened in the Panorama section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and won the CICAE award. It was selected as the Kyrgyz entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.
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Miss Julie (1951 film) Miss Julie (Swedish: Fröken Julie ) is a 1951 Swedish drama film directed by Alf Sjöberg and starring Anita Björk and Ulf Palme, based on the play of the same name by August Strindberg. The film deals with class, sex and power as the title character, the daughter of a Count in 19th century Sweden, begins a relationship with one of the estate's servants. The film won the Grand Prize at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
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Much Loved Much Loved (also known as Zin Li Fik) is a 2015 French-Moroccan drama film directed by Nabil Ayouch about the prostitution scene in Marrakesh. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The film has been banned in Morocco for its "contempt for moral values and the Moroccan woman". It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
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The Girl King The 2015 film The Girl King is a biographical drama about Christina, Queen of Sweden. It was directed by Mika Kaurismäki and written by Michel Marc Bouchard who, following writing the screenplay for the film, wrote his stage play "Christine, La Reine-Garçon" which enjoyed a successful run in 2012 at Montreal’s Théâtre du Nouveau Monde and then in English at the Stratford Festival in 2014. The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival.
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In Darkness (2011 film) In Darkness (Polish: W ciemności ) is a 2011 Polish drama film written by David F. Shamoon and directed by Agnieszka Holland. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.
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Something Different (film) Something Different is a lost 1920 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Realart Pictures, an affiliate of Famous Players-Lasky and Paramount Pictures. It is based on a novel, "Calderon's Prisoner", by Alice Duer Miller. The picture was directed by Roy William Neill with some filming being done in Cuba. Some of the cast's passport photos to enter Cuba for this production are found at Flickr.
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1993 Cannes Film Festival The 46th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 1993. The Palme d'Or went to "Farewell My Concubine" by Chen Kaige and "The Piano" by Jane Campion.
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That Most Important Thing: Love That Most Important Thing: Love (original French title: L'important c'est d'aimer) is a French film directed by Polish filmmaker Andrzej Żuławski. It tells the story of a passionate love relationship between Nadine Chevalier, a B-List actress (Schneider) and Servais Mont, a photographer (Testi) in the violent and unforgiving French show business.
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Francisca (film) Francisca is a 1981 Portuguese drama film based on the novel "Fanny Owen" by Agustina Bessa-Luís and directed by Manoel de Oliveira. The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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Euzhan Palcy Euzhan Palcy is a film director, writer and producer from Martinique, French West Indies. She is notable for being the first black woman director produced by a major Hollywood studio (MGM), for "A Dry White Season", as well as being the only woman filmmaker to have directed Marlon Brando, whom she brought back to the screen after a gap of nine years. Palcy is the first black director (male or female) to direct an actor to an Oscar nomination and the first black director to win a César Award, the highest French film award. She is also the first black director to win of a Venice Film Festival Award (Silver Lion).
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Mouchette Mouchette (] ) is a 1967 French film directed by Robert Bresson, starring Nadine Nortier and Jean-Claude Guilbert. It is based on the novel of the same name by Georges Bernanos. It was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival, winning the OCIC Award (International Catholic Organization for Cinema and Audiovisual).
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Ursula Meier Ursula Meier (born 24 June 1971) is a French-Swiss film director and screenwriter who received the Best Director award at the 2008 Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême [Angoulême French-language Film Festival] for her first theatrical feature, "Home", which won the 2009 Swiss Film Prize for Bester Spielfilm (Best Film) as well as Bestes Drehbuch (Best Screenplay) (shared with Antoine Jaccoud). The film also received a César nomination for Best First Film and a Best Film nomination at Argentina's Mar del Plata Film Festival.
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2017 Cannes Film Festival The 70th Cannes Film Festival took place from 17 to 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France. Spanish film director and screenwriter Pedro Almodóvar was the President of the Jury for the festival and Italian actress Monica Bellucci hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. "Ismael's Ghosts", directed by French director Arnaud Desplechin, was the opening film for the festival.
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The Fifth Season (film) The Fifth Season (French: "La Cinquième Saison" ) is a 2012 Belgian drama film directed by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth. The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. The film received four nominations at the 4th Magritte Awards.
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To Take a Wife To Take a Wife ("VeLakahta Lekha Isha"; French: "Prendre femme" ) is a 2004 drama film. It is the directorial debut of veteran actress Ronit Elkabetz, who also stars in the film. The French-Israeli production premiered at the 61st Venice International Film Festival in September 2004.
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Pretty Things (2001 film) Pretty Things (French: Les Jolies Choses ) is a 2001 French drama film directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and based on Virginie Despentes's 1998 novel "Les Jolies Choses". It won the Prix Michel d'Ornano at the 2001 Deauville American Film Festival.