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5 articles from 2009

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French Actress Isabelle Huppert To Receive Efa's European Achievement Award

6 October 2009 6:17 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

The European Film Academy is set to honor French actress Isabelle Huppert with a European Achievement in World Cinema award this year. Efa wishes to recognize her unique contribution to the film with the honor.

The 56-year-old actress gained popularity when she appeared in the controversial "Les Valseuses" in 1974. Her international breakthrough came in 1977's "La Dentelliere" and her U.S. debut came in the 1980 Michael Cimino film "Heaven's Gate."

Some of her notable films include "Une Affaire De Femmes," "Gabrielle," "La Pianiste," and Violette Noziere.

Huppert won the Best Actress trophy twice in Cannes.

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Cannes Winners for 2009

25 May 2009 4:49 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Official Competition

Jury president was French actress, deity, provocateur Isabelle Huppert

Palme D'or: The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke. Cannes loves him long time. And so does Isabelle Huppert, his La Pianiste leading lady. Sony Pictures Classics has Us distribution rights to this black and white costume drama about German village and school prior to World War I. It sounds like something of a departure for Haneke since his films are usually contemporary and often tightly focused on small casts. The extensive German voiceover will be rerecorded in English for that release.

Michael Haneke nabs the top prize

Grand Prix: Un Prophète by Jacques Audiard. Sony Pictures Classics also has this one -- winner and runner up prepping for release? Not bad, Spc, not bad.

Jury Prize: It was a tie between the family drama Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold and vampire drama Thirst from Oldboy director Park Chan-Wook

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Cannes 2009: The Tomato Report - Haneke's The White Ribbon Scoops Palme d.Or

24 May 2009 7:30 AM, PDT | Rotten Tomatoes | See recent Rotten Tomatoes news »

Michael Haneke took Cannes' top honour tonight as his film, The White Ribbon, won the prestigious Palme d'Or. It's Haneke's third major Cannes prize but his first Palme d'Or. The director took to the stage to be presented with the award by jury president Isabelle Huppert, who starred in his 2001 film La Pianiste. Set in a small German town on the eve of the First World War, The White Ribbon is a tragic tale of life as conflict approaches. "Happiness is a rare thing, but this is a moment in my life when I am truly happy," Haneke told... »

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French Actress Huppert Named As Cannes Head

2 January 2009 8:16 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

French actress Isabelle Huppert has been appointed the president of the jury for the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

The star, whose career has spanned four decades, has twice served as a member of the jury and becomes the fourth woman to head the committee, succeeding actor Sean Penn.

The jury selects the winner of the coveted Palme d'Or prize.

Huppert said she was "very glad and very proud" to be part of the annual event in May: "I've had a long relationship with Cannes and this next meeting will definitely seal my love for the festival and thus for global cinema."

Huppert won the prize for Best Actress at the festival in 1978 for Violette Noziere and for The Piano Teacher in 2001. »

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French Actress Huppert To Head Cannes Jury

2 January 2009 1:18 AM, PST | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

Isabelle Huppert has been named to serve as jury president at the 62nd Festival du Cannes, which opens May 13 and runs through May 24. Huppert, who won the best actress award at the festival for The Piano Teacher in 2001 and Violette Noziere in 1978, said that she was "very glad and very proud" to have been selected. In a statement, she added, "I've had a long relationship with Cannes and this next meeting will definitely seal my love for the Festival and thus for global cinema." »

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2009 | 2001

5 articles from 2009

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