French Cuisine’s website is now bilingual !
April 30, 2008
Hello Everyone !
The website is now fully bilingual ! You can use the little dropdown menu top right of your screen, and browse in the language you prefer ! Even the trailer is available with both english and french voice-over, depending on the language used.
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Life Sentence
April 28, 2008
Four artists, prisoners sentenced to life at San Quentin, became friends. Now each man is held in a different prison, yearning to be heard. After “Prisoners of Beckett”, Award-winning Director Michka Saäl proposes this new film that will plunge into their interrupted lives and into the heart of American maximum security prison system. What does “survival” mean when facing perpetual imprisonment? what becomes of one’s artistic gifts when deprived of liberty ?
Photo © Thomas Sly
A Great Day In Paris
April 5, 2008
In 2008 a photo will assemble the finest American Jazz musicians in Paris in a homage to Art Kane’s iconic portrait of the greatest Jazz musicians in 1958 Harlem. A GREAT DAY IN PARIS will capture the photo session as well as moments on both stage and every day life of these musicians, exploring the contemporary face of the American Jazz diaspora in Paris.
Director’s bio
April 4, 2008
MICHKA SAAL, a filmmaker working in both Canada and France, has written and directed documentary and fiction films. Her latest production, PRISONERS OF BECKETT, was selected for the Cannes 2007 Independent Cinema program and nominated for two Canadian Gemini Awards.
Ice People Premiere
April 2, 2008
ICE PEOPLE, a feature-length documentary by Emmy-award winner Anne Aghion produced by Benoit Gryspeerdt and Anne Aghion will premiere at the 2008 San Francisco International Film Festival, the longest-running film festival in America, which will take place April 24 to May 8!!! There will be three screenings, on April 26, 28, and 30. If you have friends or colleagues in the Bay Area, please spread the news.
Synopsis
April 2, 2008
August 1958:
Esquire magazine assigns Art Kane, a young, unknown New York photographer, to come up with a photo for a piece on the Golden Age of Jazz.
That month, Kane assembles 57 of the greatest American jazz musicians and performers on the steps of a typical Harlem building for a group portrait. The photo launched his career and became the most famous jazz picture of all times.
Harlem 1958 © Art Kane Archive Artkane.com
“I came up with this really outrageous idea, and it unfolded in front of my eyes just as I’d envisioned it,” said Kane. “Seeing all those musicians moving up there onto those steps on 126th St, it was magnificent.”
The story behind this famous photograph was recounted in Jean Bach’s documentary « A Great Day in Harlem». Nominated for Best Documentary at the 1995 Academy Awards, the film captures how these jazz musicians developed a unique language that still resonates today.
AUGUST 2008 :
Ricky Ford, a renowned American tenor saxophonist who has been living in Paris for more than 15 years proposes to assemble American jazz musicians in Paris, together with French jazz musicians who play with them, for a photo called « A Great Day in Paris.»
Photo © Hugues Léglise-Bataille
The film will capture the photo session and explore the contemporary face of the American Jazz diaspora in France.
Both photo and documentary should be released in August 2008 for the 50th anniversary of Art Kane’s iconic portrait.
