The movie was a co-winner of the Caméra d’Or award at the 2000 Cannes Film Fest.; the other winning film was Djomeh.
New Book about Cannes Fest at 80: Camera d’Or Year 23 (2000): Bahman Ghobadi’s “A Time for Drunken Horses”
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Camera d’Or Year 13 (1990): Vitali Kanevsky’s Russian Youth Drama, “Freeze Die Come to Life”
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The Riussian youth drama screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1990 Cannes Film Fest, where it won the Caméra d’Or
New Book about Cannes Fest–Camera d’Or Year 21 (1998): Marc Levin’s “Slam”
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Part gritty prison drama, part inner-city ghetto chronicle, the tale offers a compassionate plea for a new direction for black males if they are to survive oppression in white-dominated society.
Caméra d’Or Year 19 (1996): Shirley Barrett’s Australian Comedy, “Love Serenade”
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Shirley Barrett wrote and directed Love Serenade, an Australian comedy, which was peromoted as “the story of two sisters who will do anything to hook the right man.”
Janie (1944): Michael Curtiz’ Small-Town Comedy, Starring Joyce Reynolds
One of prolific director Michael Curtiz’ lesser known works, Janie revolves around a free-spirited teenager living in a small town.