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A still from Tan Chui Mui’s film, courtesy of the Prada Group

Malaysian Tan Chui Mui and Argentinian Laura Citarella are 2024 Miu Miu Women's Tales directors

E. Nina Rothe August 2, 2024

A yearly appointment at the Venice Film Festival, fashion brand Miu Miu, also a Creative Partner of Giornate degli Autori, has once again sponsored two women filmmakers in the creation of a short film each, about women and their world; the shorts will screened during the upcoming festival, with their directors and casts in attendance.

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In Cinema, Fashion, Festival, The Diaries Tags Tan Chui Mui, Miu Miu Women's Tales, Prada Group, films, shorts, Miu Miu, Giornate degli Autori, Venice International Film Festival, Laura Citarella, Barbarian Invasion, Trenque Lauquen, Hotel Excelsior, Veneto Region, Liliana Cavani, Mira Nair, Alice Rohrwacher, Kate Mara, Sia, Hailee Steinfeld, Agnes Varda, Dakota Fanning, Juno Temple, Kate Bosworth, Zosia Mamet, Chloë Sevigny, Tessa Thompson, Brigitte Lacombe, Vanessa Kirby, Nathalie Emmanuel, Carla Simón, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, Stane, I Am the Beauty of Your Beauty, I Am the Fear of Your Fear, Jo Kukathas, Sdanny Lee, Zhiny Ooi, Jean Seizure, Da Huang Pictures, HiProduction, El Affair Miu Miu, Elisa Carricajo, Verónica Llinás, Juliana Muras, Laura Paredes, Ezequiel Pierri, Cecilia Rainero, Rafael Spregelburd, Guillermina Villa Simon, El Pampero Cine
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Me after my nightmare trip… NO! Just kidding, it’s Iggy Pop in a still from ‘The Dead Don’t Die’.

Me after my nightmare trip… NO! Just kidding, it’s Iggy Pop in a still from ‘The Dead Don’t Die’.

The Cannes 2019 Diaries: 'The Dead Don't Die', they land at Nice airport though!

E. Nina Rothe May 15, 2019

Yes, there was a flash taxi strike at the airport in Nice yesterday, just as my flight was getting in. No, they were not prepared for an action by all taxi drivers to block the roads accessing the airport, so no vehicle of any sort could get in or out of the airport. Yes, there is a tramway track recently built which reaches terminal 3 but no, there was no tram traveling on it. So everyone had to walk for miles, with luggage in tow, under the sweltering sun, to reach an overcrowded train, through overpasses and station underpasses (read: lots and lots of stairs) mimicking the zombies in Jim Jarmusch’s Cannes opening night film.

Welcome to the glamorous life of a journalist covering the Festival de Cannes! If I hear one more time what a wonderful opportunity it is for me to be doing what I do, I’ll strangle someone. Then, I might actually begin to get the attention I deserve.

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In Cinema, Festival, The Diaries Tags Cannes Diaries, Cannes Film Festival, Festival de cannes, The Dead Don't Die, Nice airport, Taxi Strike, badges, prosecco, DDA, Agnes Varda, Nespresso, journalists, TimesUp, 5050X2020, Tilda Swinton, Iggy Pop, Jim Jarmusch, Meg Ryan, Ralph Fiennes
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La Pointe courte © 1994 Agnès Varda and her children - Montage and design : Flore Maquin

La Pointe courte © 1994 Agnès Varda and her children - Montage and design : Flore Maquin

The Cannes Film Festival unveils its poster which pays tribute to the late, great Agnès Varda

E. Nina Rothe April 15, 2019

As I learned at this year’s Qumra, held by the Doha Film Institute, the grand dame of French New Wave cinema Agnès Varda was all about finding the stories, the viewpoints that no one else would bother with. The Festival de Cannes, in its poster just unveiled for the 72nd edition of the festival, pays homage to La Varda but also to her indomitable spirit by showing the filmmaker on her first cinematic venture perched high up on a platform, atop the shoulders of a crew technician. She’s is looking to capture that image, that viewpoint which no one else would have even thought about. She is Varda, in all her perfectly humble and adventurous attitude. The same Varda who asked me, to my utter disbelief, if I’d liked her “little film” a few years ago in Cannes.

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In Cinema, Festival, The Diaries Tags Festival de Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Agnes Varda, Qumra, Doha Film Institute, Cannes, French cinema, Jacques Demy, filmmakers, women filmmakers, Philippe Noiret, La Pointe Courte, Flore Maquin, Facebook, Twitter, Dailymotion, YouTube
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A still from Hamida Issa’s ‘Places of the Soul’

A still from Hamida Issa’s ‘Places of the Soul’

The Qumra Diaries: Souq Waqif, "from desert to desert", Alice Rohrwacher and Kiyoshi Kurosawa

E. Nina Rothe March 22, 2019

On my last day in Doha, I spend the afternoon wandering around the Souq Waqif which I learned from a local filmmaker, literally translates as “the stand up souk.” In the olden days, before Qatar turned into the international, cosmopolitan country it is today, the sea would come straight into the alleys of the souk so the merchants had to stand up and pick up their wares during the tides. Thus the name, and actually while I wandered around checking out the shops, having a shawl sewn from a traditional flower fabric by a local tailor while drinking a karak chai (cardamon infused milky tea) and eating a chapatti flat bread filled with zaatar, I felt like I was transported back to those early days of the pearl divers and their haunting songs of the sea.

Doha is special place. I’ll never get tired of saying it. And their annual Qumra event, organized by the Doha Film Institute is sheer cinematic magic. Qumra is a meeting place, a five-days long networking session, a place to pitch, secure financing and ensure a screening chance for film projects. But it is also an occasion to recharge our collective passion for the movies. For journalists, producers and of course filmmakers, the atmosphere at Qumra offers an almost electric energy, a jolt of renewed hope in the future of the 7th art.

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In Cinema, Interviews, The Diaries Tags Alice Rohrwacher, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Qumra, Qumra 19, Souq Waqif, Doha, Qatar, Museum of Islamic Art, Qumra working breakfast, Getty Images, Netflix, Japanese cinema, Italian cinema, masterclasses, Agnes Varda, Eugenio Caballero, Pawel Pawlikowski, Elia Suleiman, Hamida Issa, Places of the Soul, Antartica, Arabian desert, Gulf cinema, Saudi Arabia, H.E. Sheikha Mayassa Al-Thani, Fatma Al Remaihi, Hanaa Issa, DFI, Doha Film Institute, Cannes
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Eugenio Caballero talks with Richard Peña during Qumra

Eugenio Caballero talks with Richard Peña during Qumra

The Qumra Diaries: Eugenio Caballero and Pawel Pawlikowski share their filmmaking wisdom

E. Nina Rothe March 18, 2019

When I look at the title of this piece, I feel overwhelmed myself. I mean, it would be pretty wonderful to just hear one of the these two men who are such Maestros in each of their professions give a Masterclass. But when you get them both, within 24 hours of each other, on a stage, talking to the equally wondrous Richard Peña, well, you have cinematic magic.

Or more precisely, what you have is the Doha Film Institute’s annual Qumra event.

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In Cinema, Interviews, The Diaries Tags Pawel Pawlikowski, Eugenio Caballero, Qumra, Doha Film Institute, DFI, Doha, Qatar, Agnes Varda, Richard Pena, Oscars, Academy Awards, The Woman in the Fifth, Last Resort, Ida, Cold War, England, Russia, Poland, Mexico, Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, documentaries, Art direction, Jim Jarmusch, Pan's Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro, A Monster Calls, Alfonso Cuaron, Roma, The Limits of Control, Tsunami, The Impossible, Museum of Islamic Art
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Agnes Varda

The Qumra Diaries: Discovering Agnès Varda in the land of cinema

E. Nina Rothe March 16, 2019

It is obvious from the moment one steps on a Qatar Airways aircraft that cinema is important in Doha. I mean, just going through the entertainment system on my particular flight, I found ‘Rebecca’ by Hitchcock, Barry Jenkins’ hauntingly touching and all too true ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’, Paul Dano’s intimate portrayal of a family struggling to remain a single nucleus ‘Wildlife’ and even the 2019 Best Picture Oscar winner ‘Green Book’.

Qatar knows good cinema and nowhere is that better understood than in the welcoming arms of the Doha Film Institute.

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In Cinema, Festival, The Diaries Tags Agnes Varda, Qumra, Doha Film Institute, DFI, Qatar, Doha, La Pointe Courte, Faces Places, Festival de Cannes, E. Nina Rothe, Richard Peña, The Qumra Diaries, cinema, film, Qatar Airways, Rebecca, Alfred Hitchcock, Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal, Wildlife, Oscar winner, Green Book
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Hanaa Issa with filmmaker Elia Suleiman at a DFI event

Hanaa Issa with filmmaker Elia Suleiman at a DFI event

"This is the environment where films flourish": Talking Qumra 2019 with Hanaa Issa in Berlin

E. Nina Rothe February 11, 2019

Ever since its creation in 2010 on the peninsular country of Qatar, the Doha Film Institute has been revolutionizing cinema in the Region. The word “revolution” is never a sign of good things in the Arab world and yet at DFI, they should welcome the term when it comes to describing the work they’ve been doing almost singlehandedly to create and foster a healthy cinema culture in the Arab world. And beyond.

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In Cinema, Interviews, The Diaries Tags Qumra, Doha Film Institute, Hanaa Issa, Doha, Qatar, Arab cinema, Gulf cinema, Eugenio Caballero, Cannes Film Festival, Alice Rohrwacher, Agnes Varda, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War, Lazzaro Felice, Roma, Berlin, The Ritz Carlton, Hamida Issa, Places of the Soul, Antartica, Sheikha Mayassa, Fatma Al Remaihi, Nadine Labaki, Capernaum, Oscars, Academy Awards, Rithy Panh, Too Late to Die Young, The Load, Inida, Indian Rose
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Guillermo Del Toro, courtesy of the Marrakech International Film Festival

Guillermo Del Toro, courtesy of the Marrakech International Film Festival

In "Conversation With" Scorsese, Del Toro, Nasrallah and more at the Marrakech Film Fest!

E. Nina Rothe October 24, 2018

If ever there was an upcoming event that felt outrageously exciting, almost too jam packed with greatness (could there ever be such a thing!) it’s the Marrakech International Film Festival — which will take place from November 30th to December 8th, 2018 in the beautiful Moroccan city. Now in its 17th edition, the festival took a year off in 2017 and is coming back stronger, better and more action-packed than ever.

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In Cinema, Festival, The Diaries Tags Martin Scorsese, James Gray, Robert De Niro, Thierry Fremaux, Morocco, Marrakech, Yousry Nasrallah, Cristian Mungiu, Agnes Varda, Robin Wright, Cannes Film Festival, FIFM
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Agnes Varda and Robin Wright

Exceptional Women: Agnes Varda and Robin Wright honored at this year's Marrakech Film Festival

E. Nina Rothe October 15, 2018

You talk exceptional women and few garner as much unanimous adoration as legendary filmmaker, photographer and artist Agnes Varda. Then you think versatile actresses, women who have transformed themselves from super popular soap opera stars to beloved movie icons and the name Robin Wright immediately comes to mind.

Well, as it turns out both of these legendary women in their own right, or “Wright” if you pardon the pun, will be honored with the Etoile d’Or Award under the starry sky of the Moroccan city of Marrakech this December.

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In Cinema, Festival, The Diaries Tags Marrakech Film Festival, Marrakech International Film Festival, Marrakech, Morocco, Agnes Varda, Robin Wright, actor, filmmaker, Rosalie Varda, soap opera
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Claudia Cardinale © Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images

Claudia Cardinale © Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche/Getty Images

Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson and More: What I Learned from the Stars in Cannes

E. Nina Rothe February 3, 2018

While in Cannes, I also wanted to find some answers to my own doubts, answers on how to combat the virus of fake news, how to achieve my true self and why movie theaters can never be replaced by a computer. 

I found my answers in the stars. The movie stars. 

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In Cinema, Interviews Tags Cannes, Festival de Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Dustin Hoffman, Tilda Swinton, Emma Thompson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Agnes Varda, Jr, Thierry Fremaux
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Abel Ferrara’s ‘Alive in France’

Abel Ferrara’s ‘Alive in France’

The Cannes Diaries: Agnès Varda & JR, Abel Ferrara and His Musicians and ‘Golden Years’

E. Nina Rothe February 3, 2018

There have been many emotional moments for me at this year’s Festival de Cannes, like hearing Dustin Hoffman talk intimately about the death of his mother in law during a press junket, Thierry Frémaux giving his speech from the stage of the Sale Debussy during the evening in honor of French maestro André Téchiné, while pointing out of the legendary actresses and actors the filmmaker has worked with in his lengthy career, and catching up with favorite filmmaker Amos Gitai about his vision for peace in Israel. 

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In Fashion, Cinema, The Diaries Tags Cannes Film Festival, Agnes Varda, JR, Abel Ferrara, Andre Techine, Golden Years, Faces, Faces Places
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