Directors

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Y. David Chung - He was born in Germany, 1959. Chung began his career collaborating as an artist on documentary films. His credits include Surveillance, No Place to Hide (HBO), American Journey (PBS), Gardens of Paradise (PBS), The Forgotten People (PBS), Soldiers in Hiding (HBO) and Peace on Borrowed Time (ABC). He directed Turtle Boat Head. Chung is associate professor with the School of Art and Design and the Korean Studies Program at the University of Michigan. Matt Dibble - He was born in USA, in 1959, has worked for over 20 years as a documentary filmmaker. His credits include public television specials: The Mystery of Chaco Canyon (co-writer, editor), Rising Waters: Global Warming and Fate of the South Pacific Islands (editor), Forsaken Cries: the Story of Rwanda (editor), and Expedition Alerce: Lost Forest of the Andes (camera, editor). He also creates video media for museum exhibitions and has just completed a four screen installation for the new Holocaust and Human Rights Center in Augusta, Maine, USA.

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Yann Le Gal - Directed the short film Le Griselet (1992), and has been screenwriter for such films as Marie-Antoinette, by Alain Brunart, Josephine, by Jean-Marc Vanvoort, A La Recherche de Largo Winch, by Yves Legrain-Crist, and Les Larmes du Petit Prince by Erwan Legal. Isild Le Besco - Directed the awarded Demi-Tarif (2003) and her first feature film is Charly (2007). She is also an actress in films such as À Tout de Suite (2004), Camping Sauvage (2005) and Backstage (2005). Joana Hadjithomas e Khalil Joreige - Two young Lebanese producers who have being working together for many years, in Paris and in Beirut. Graduated in Cinema, they wrote e directed a several short-films, among them The Agony of the Feet, 333 Sycamore and Faute d`Identités. Around the Pink House is their first feature-length film (23th Mostra). They directed also the fiction film A Perfect Day (2005). Ismaël Ferroukhi - Born in Kenitra, Morocco. After directing his first short film, the awarded L`Exposé, in 1993, he co-wrote the script for Trop de Bonheur (19th Mostra), by Cédric Kahn, in 1994. He worked again with Kahn in Zero Guilt (1996) and L’Avion (2005). Le Grand Voyage is his first feature and has been shown at the 29th Mostra. Corinne Garfin - She directed the awarded short films Les Vagabonds (1996), Anissa (1998), La Collection de Judicael (2003), and Seul (2005), and also the documentaries L’Ordre Vert and Bakary et les Autres. Safy Nebbou - He directed the awarded short films Bertzea (2002) and Lepokoa (2003), and his first feature film is The Girafe’s Neck (2004).

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Born in Tokyo, 1903. In 1922, he got a job at Shochiku Studios and later directed his first film, Sword of Penitence (1927). Among his first films, I Graduated But... (1930) and Tokyo Chorus (1931, 27th Mostra) stand out. During World War II, he was imprisoned and sentenced to forced labor by the British. He eventually returned to filmmaking and directed Late Spring (1949), regarded in Japan as a masterpiece. The stand-out films that make up the latter half of his filmography are Early Summer (1951), Tokyo Story (1953), The Equinox Flower (1958), and Floating Weeds (1959). His last films – Good Morning (1959), Late Autumn (1960), The End of Summer (1961) and An Autumn Afternoon (1962) – were all screened during the 27th Mostra. Ozu died in 1963, on the day he would have turned 60, leaving behind 53 films.

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After graduating from Taiwan`s Cheng-chi University with a degree in western literature, Yee Chih-yen entered the UCLA`s film production program in theater arts.His student works have won recognition, winning the 1987 Golden crown for Best Short Film, and was nominated for the Samuel Goldwyn script competition. Graduating in 1988, Yee returned to Taiwan to work in advertising industry. His works have won the China Times Commercial Awards, and Yee became a well-known director of commercials. Beside directing for television and the cinema, he also functioned as a producer, scriptwriter and critic, and has lectured on films. in a ten-year period, Yee has directed many TV dramas and made his movie debut with LONELY HEARTS CLUB in 1995, a film about problems of youth and homosexuality. BLUE GATE CROSSING is his second film.

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Born in Greece in 1973. He studied film and television direction. Since 1995, he has directed feature films, theater plays, music videos and a large number of TV commercials. He was also a member of the creative team which designed the opening and closing ceremonies of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. He directed the feature films Kinetta (2005); Dogtooth (2009, 33rd Mostra), winner of the best film award of Un Certain Regard section at Cannes Film Festival; Alps (2011, 36th Mostra), which won the best screenplay at Venice International Film Festival; The Lobster (2015), winner the Jury Prize at Cannes; The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), winner of the best screenplay at Cannes, and The Favourite (2018, 42nd Mostra), winner of Grand Special Jury Prize at Venice Film Festival.

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43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA

43ª MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA