One of prolific director Michael Curtiz’ lesser known works, Janie revolves around a free-spirited teenager living in a small town.
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.”
Caméra d’Or Year 17 (1994): Pascale Ferran’s French Drama, “Coming to Terms with the Dead”
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Pascale Ferran directed the French drama, Coming to Terms with the Dead (French: Petits arrangements avec les morts), which won the Caméra d’Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.
