The San Sebastian Film Festival has withdrawn the accreditation of U.S.-born French filmmaker Eugène Green for refusing to wear a mask.
According to the Spanish festival, Green refused five requests for him to don a mask at last night’s premiere of his film Atarrabi Et Mikelats and he was ultimately asked to leave the auditorium. A fine from the local authorities could follow.
A statement from the festival read, “On Wednesday evening, 23rd, at the Principe 9 movie theater, at the screening of Atarrabi et Mikelats, from the Zinemira section, an unpleasant incident occurred.
“The director of the film, Eugène Green, was asked up to five times by the Festival staff to put on the mask and to put it on correctly. Finally, due to his lack of collaboration, the Festival management asked him to leave the theater. Two Basque Police agents informed him that an administrative complaint will be processed,...
According to the Spanish festival, Green refused five requests for him to don a mask at last night’s premiere of his film Atarrabi Et Mikelats and he was ultimately asked to leave the auditorium. A fine from the local authorities could follow.
A statement from the festival read, “On Wednesday evening, 23rd, at the Principe 9 movie theater, at the screening of Atarrabi et Mikelats, from the Zinemira section, an unpleasant incident occurred.
“The director of the film, Eugène Green, was asked up to five times by the Festival staff to put on the mask and to put it on correctly. Finally, due to his lack of collaboration, the Festival management asked him to leave the theater. Two Basque Police agents informed him that an administrative complaint will be processed,...
- 9/24/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
U.S.-born French filmmaker Eugène Green has decided Covid-19 safety is the altar on which to sacrifice himself and is suffering the consequences after refusing to properly wear a mask at the screening of his latest feature “Atarrabi et Mikelats,” playing in the festival’s Zinemira competition.
After refusing, five times, requests made by festival officials to wear his mask correctly, Green was asked to leave and had his status as a guest of the festival revoked.
Local police were eventually summoned. An administrative complaint will have been filed, meaning that filmmaker could also be facing a fine.
The festival’s official statement reads:
On Wednesday evening, Sept. 23, at the Principe 9 movie theater, at the screening of “Atarrabi et Mikelats,” from the Zinemira section, an unpleasant incident occurred.
The director of the film, Eugène Green, was asked up to five times by the Festival staff to put on the...
After refusing, five times, requests made by festival officials to wear his mask correctly, Green was asked to leave and had his status as a guest of the festival revoked.
Local police were eventually summoned. An administrative complaint will have been filed, meaning that filmmaker could also be facing a fine.
The festival’s official statement reads:
On Wednesday evening, Sept. 23, at the Principe 9 movie theater, at the screening of “Atarrabi et Mikelats,” from the Zinemira section, an unpleasant incident occurred.
The director of the film, Eugène Green, was asked up to five times by the Festival staff to put on the...
- 9/24/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Eugène Green’s Atarrabi & Mikelats with brothers Saia Hiriart and Lukas Hiriart is in the 58th New York Film Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Originally scheduled to start on September 25, this year’s New York Film Festival, due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic, is now opening on September 17 with Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock (from his Small Axe anthology). Other dates announced are September 26 for the Centerpiece screening of Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland and October 10 for the Closing Night selection, Azazel Jacobs’s French Exit.
The earlier opening date increases the festival run from 17 days to 25 days in order to “expand access to the festival via drive-in screenings”. In addition, the 'reimagined structure' by NYFF Director Eugene Hernandez and Director of Programming Dennis Lim has 'streamlined' the festival into five sections: Main Slate, Currents, Spotlight, Revivals, and Talks. The 57th New York Film Festival in 2019 included a Retrospective, Projections,...
Originally scheduled to start on September 25, this year’s New York Film Festival, due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic, is now opening on September 17 with Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock (from his Small Axe anthology). Other dates announced are September 26 for the Centerpiece screening of Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland and October 10 for the Closing Night selection, Azazel Jacobs’s French Exit.
The earlier opening date increases the festival run from 17 days to 25 days in order to “expand access to the festival via drive-in screenings”. In addition, the 'reimagined structure' by NYFF Director Eugene Hernandez and Director of Programming Dennis Lim has 'streamlined' the festival into five sections: Main Slate, Currents, Spotlight, Revivals, and Talks. The 57th New York Film Festival in 2019 included a Retrospective, Projections,...
- 8/14/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Notturno (Nocturne) director Gianfranco Rosi Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Film at Lincoln Center has announced that Christian Petzold’s Undine, starring Paula Beer and Franz Rogowski, Hong Sangsoo’s The Woman Who Ran with Kim Minhee, Eugène Green’s Atarrabi & Mikelats with brothers Saia Hiriart and Lukas Hiriart, and Gianfranco Rosi’s Notturno (Nocturne) will be among the Main Slate selections of the 58th New York Film Festival.
Undine director Christian Petzold Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
These highlights join the Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Closing selections Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock, Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, and Azazel Jacobs’s French Exit. Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Beginning, Song Fang’s The Calming, Frederick Wiseman’s City Hall, Matías Piñeiro’s Isabella, Cristi Puiu’s Malmkrog, Sam Pollard’s MLK/FBI, Tsai Ming-liang’s Days, Chaitanya Tamhane’s The Disciple, Victor Kossakovsky’s Gunda, Philippe Lacôte’s Night Of The Kings, Philippe Garrel’s The Salt Of Tears,...
Film at Lincoln Center has announced that Christian Petzold’s Undine, starring Paula Beer and Franz Rogowski, Hong Sangsoo’s The Woman Who Ran with Kim Minhee, Eugène Green’s Atarrabi & Mikelats with brothers Saia Hiriart and Lukas Hiriart, and Gianfranco Rosi’s Notturno (Nocturne) will be among the Main Slate selections of the 58th New York Film Festival.
Undine director Christian Petzold Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
These highlights join the Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Closing selections Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock, Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, and Azazel Jacobs’s French Exit. Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Beginning, Song Fang’s The Calming, Frederick Wiseman’s City Hall, Matías Piñeiro’s Isabella, Cristi Puiu’s Malmkrog, Sam Pollard’s MLK/FBI, Tsai Ming-liang’s Days, Chaitanya Tamhane’s The Disciple, Victor Kossakovsky’s Gunda, Philippe Lacôte’s Night Of The Kings, Philippe Garrel’s The Salt Of Tears,...
- 8/13/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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