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Presented in association with VARIETY
FREE ADMISSION WITH SAME-DAY FILM TICKET
Seating is limited. Don’t forget to reserve your seats when buying tickets.
If you are planning to see a film at COL•COA during the week, come earlier and attend a HAPPY HOUR TALK. The panels are programmed right after the early afternoon COL•COA Classics series and before the 6:00 pm comedy series.
You will be able to meet and exchange with other cinephiles, writers, directors, and enjoy a full evening of cinema.
The HAPPY HOUR TALKS include a complimentary wine and cheese reception.
The reception is reserved to panel attendees and you must be 21+ to attend.
Following the reception, you will have priority access to the theatres for the next screening.
Wine offered by:
Tuesday, April 21
Theatre 2 – 5:30 pm
FRENCH FILMMAKERS TALK ABOUT AMERICAN CINEMA
SPEAKERS:
Josiane Balasko, Writer-Director of A French Gigolo [Film info]
Rémi Bezançon, Writer-Director of The First Day of the Rest of your Life [Film info]
Zabou Breitman, Co-Writer/Director of Someone I loved [Film info]
Philippe Haïm, Co-Writer/Director of Secrets of State [Film info]
Michel Hazanavicius, Co-Writer/Director of OSS 117, Lost in Rio [Film info]
Jean-François Richet, Director of Mesrine: A Film in two Parts [Film info]
Moderated by Steven Gaydos, Executive Editor, Variety.
French filmmakers are invited to talk about American Cinema and discuss how it has influenced them. Past editions have seen fascinating and animated debates around a topic rarely discussed in France. This first Happy Hour Talk is a great way to meet the French filmmakers in person before seeing their film at COLCOA.
Wednesday, April 22
Theatre 2 – 4:00 pm
FOREIGN FILM DISTRIBUTION AND THE RECESSION… NOW WHAT?
Presented with the support of Unifrance
SPEAKERS
Ed Arentz, Managing Director, Music Box Films
Jon Gerrans, Co-President, Strand Releasing
Peter Goldwyn, Vice President Acquisitions, Samuel Goldwyn Films
Richard Lorber, President, Koch Lorber Films
Ryan Werner, Vice President of Marketing, IFC Entertainment
Moderated by John Kochman, Executive Director, Unifrance USA
Movie attendance is up in the U.S., a not uncommon trend in tough economic times. But are American moviegoers really watching more foreign language films to escape the recession? Not in movie theaters, according to the box office. As independent distribution gives way to new models and new players, this panel discusses the opportunities as well as the roadblocks ahead for foreign film in the U.S.
Thursday, April 23
Theatre 2 – 4:00 pm
FOCUS ON A FILMMAKER:
A ONE-HOUR CONVERSATION WITH COSTA-GAVRAS
Moderated by Wade Major, Senior Critic, Box Office Magazine.
After studying at the IDHEC film school, Costa-Gavras worked with Henri Verneuil, René Clément, Jacques Demy and Jean Becker as an assistant before writing and directing The Sleeping Car Murders (COL•COA 2009) in 1965. He quickly established a personal style with his trilogy Z (1969), The Confession (1971) and State of Siege (1973), winning two Oscars® (Best Film Editing and Best Foreign Language Film), as well as a Best Actor and Jury Prize at Cannes for Z. Confirming this success with Missing (Palme d’Or at Cannes and Oscar® for Best Screenplay), Music Box (1989), Amen (2002) or The Ax (COL•COA 2005), Costa-Gavras has become a household name in politically engaged cinema. Through genres as varied as thrillers, war films or dark comedies, he has produced an impressive body of work exploring History, politics and social issues. Costa-Gavras is currently President of the Cinémathèque Française and Honorary President of the Franco-American Cultural Fund.
This Happy Hour Talk is part of a Focus on Writer-Director Costa-Gavras, with the screening of his first film
The Sleeping Car Murders [Film info] and the West-Coast Premiere of his new feature
Eden is West. [Film info]
Friday, April 24
Theatre 2 – 3:45 pm
FOUND IN TRANSLATION:
EXPANDING THE YOUNG AUDIENCE FOR FOREIGN FILMS
SPEAKERS
Justin Chang, Critic, Variety
Marie-Magdeleine Chirol, Teacher, Whittier College, French Cinema, Franco African Cinema & literature
Marsha Kinder, Director of the Labyrinth Project, Professor of Critical Studies, School of Cinematic Arts, USC
Fataneh Tabatabai, Teacher, William Howard Taft High School, Woodland Hills
Mark Valen, Programmer, Landmark Theaters
Moderated by Pat Saperstein, Senior Editor, Variety
Distributors have long felt that getting high school and college students interested in foreign films is a key step to grow and perpetuate the audience. Resistance to subtitles, the genres of films selected for U.S. distribution and limited access to art houses have combined to keep the foreign film audience limited to mostly mature art film fans. But marketing and distribution via the Internet and a growing interest in international cultures could help change the perception. Several experts analyze recent hopeful developments to help interest the younger generation in world cinema.
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