Ralph Fiennes to receive Outstanding Achievement Award at this year's Cairo Film Fest

E. Nina Rothe October 26, 2018

Most who know me have heard by now what a big fan I am of the recently elected president of the Cairo International Film Festival, Mohamed Hefzy. To learn more about this great cinematic personality and wonderful supporter of film in and from the Arab region, you can read my interview with Hefzy on The National.

But perhaps not as many people know what a huge fan of Ralph Fiennes I am. I mean, the man redefined acting for anyone who frequented the movies from the 1990s onward. One word, or actually two — ‘Wuthering Heights’ — and with Juliette Binoche. I gotcha right?

Photo of Bruno Dumont by Locarno Festival/Samuel Golay

Bruno Dumont in Locarno: "I believe in the power of cinema"

E. Nina Rothe August 8, 2018

Back in 1999, at the Festival de Cannes, Bruno Dumont presented 'Humanity' ('L'humanité') a film that caused an uproar among critics, who initially mocked and then went on to three of the top awards from the Competition jury headed by David Cronenberg.

So, in case you were wondering, Dumont seems to always manage the last laugh.

Fast forward almost two decades and Dumont is getting quite a lot of laughs indeed, this time from audiences at the Locarno Festival watching the world premiere of the latest installment of the TV series the French filmmaker started for ARTE in 2014. The original installment was 'Li'l Quinquin', now his characters are all four years older and the second season is titled 'CoinCoin and the Extra-Humans'.

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Ralph Fiennes to receive Outstanding Achievement Award at this year's Cairo Film Fest

Bruno Dumont in Locarno: "I believe in the power of cinema"

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