Claire Denis
Claire DENIS (1948, France) is a director and screenwriter. Denis is regarded as one of France’s most important filmmakers and famed for her artful confrontations with themes such as colonialism and Otherness. She grew up in Africa until she was 12. Back in France, Denis studied at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques (now La Femis). She began working in cinema as assistant to major directors such as Robert Enrico and Wim Wenders. Her feature debut Chocolat premiered in Cannes in 1988. Since then, Denis has directed shorts, documentaries and other feature films including Beau travail (1999) and 35 Rums/Shots of Rum (2008). Denis has co-written the majority of her films with Jean-Pol Fargeau. High Life, starring Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche, premiered in Toronto in 2018 and won the FIPRESCI Prize in San Sebastian.
Filmografie
Chocolat (1988), Man No Run (1989, doc), Jacques Rivette, le veilleur/Jacques Rivette, the Watchman (1990, TV), S’en fout la mort/No Fear, No Die (1990), Keep It for Yourself (1991, short), Contre l’oublie (segment Pour Ushari Ahmed Mahmoud, Soudan) (1991, TV), La robe à cerceaux (1993, TV), J’ai pas sommeil (1994), Boom-Boom (1994), Tous les garcons et les filles de leur âge…: US Go Home (1994), À propos de Nice, la suite (segment Nice, Very Nice) (1995), Nénette et Boni (1996), Beau travail (1999), Trouble Everyday (2001), Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (segment Vers Nancy)(2002), Vendredi soir/Friday Night (2002), L’intrus/The Intruder (2004), Vers Mathilde (2005, doc), 35 Rhums/35 Shots of Rum (2008), White Material (2009), To the Devil (2011, short), Bastards (2013), Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013, doc), Voilà l’enchaînement (2014, short), The Breidjing Camp (2015, TV doc), Let the Sunshine In (2017), High Life (2018)
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Claire Denis at IFFR
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35 Rhums
Father and daughter realise that they have to leave their house. Claire Denis shows a loving relationship in transition.
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Spectrum
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Beau travail
Denis’ adaptation of Melville’s ‘Billy Budd’, about a commander who helps an innocent sailor to his end, is a story of soul-warming sternness about th
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Critics' Choice
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Vendredi soir
Looking for the essence of a quick one on the side on a cold Friday evening in the big city, almost without dialogue or voice-over. Claire Denis belie
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High Life
A spaceship is sent to explore a black hole. Its crew consists of dangerous prisoners, including Monte (Robert Pattinson) who is caring for a child bo
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Signatures
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L’intrus
A new highpoint by Claire Denis based on her Beau Travail, with beautiful shots and a wayward narration. A man is on the waiting list for a heart tran
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Kings & Aces
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Trouble Everyday
A honeymoon in Paris will never be the same again… Denis’s vision on the thin line between a kiss and a bite; about obsessions and vampires, desire
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