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Hello Magazine, Canada
May 27 2008
Canadian directing talent triumphs at Cannes
26 May 2008
Although Angelina Jolie and her burgeoning baby bump stole the show at
this year's Cannes Film Festival, Canadian behind-the-scenes movie
talent got their fair share of attention, too. Both writer-director
Atom Egoyan and experimental filmmaker Denis Villeneuve won big on the
final weekend of the glam French Riviera festivities.
Toronto-raised Atom, who was born in Cairo to Armenian parents,
scooped the prestigious Ecumenical Jury prize for his gritty
low-budget movie Adoration - about a high-school student who reinvents
his life on the Internet.
"I'm so overwhelmed by this prize," said the delighted director. "It
puts the film into context!" It wasn't the 47-year-old's first taste
of Cannes glory, though. He was awarded the same honour in 1997 for
drama flick The Sweet Hereafter.
Meanwhile Quebec-born Denis won the grand prize for best short film
for his 11-minute absurdist picture, Next Floor.
http://www.hellomagazine.ca/news/200805262 88/atom/egoyan/wins/1/
May 27 2008
Canadian directing talent triumphs at Cannes
26 May 2008
Although Angelina Jolie and her burgeoning baby bump stole the show at
this year's Cannes Film Festival, Canadian behind-the-scenes movie
talent got their fair share of attention, too. Both writer-director
Atom Egoyan and experimental filmmaker Denis Villeneuve won big on the
final weekend of the glam French Riviera festivities.
Toronto-raised Atom, who was born in Cairo to Armenian parents,
scooped the prestigious Ecumenical Jury prize for his gritty
low-budget movie Adoration - about a high-school student who reinvents
his life on the Internet.
"I'm so overwhelmed by this prize," said the delighted director. "It
puts the film into context!" It wasn't the 47-year-old's first taste
of Cannes glory, though. He was awarded the same honour in 1997 for
drama flick The Sweet Hereafter.
Meanwhile Quebec-born Denis won the grand prize for best short film
for his 11-minute absurdist picture, Next Floor.
http://www.hellomagazine.ca/news/200805262 88/atom/egoyan/wins/1/