If they were not present at the official inauguration on Wednesday evening, the ambassadors of Australia and New Zealand in France wrote of their joy at seeing the Antipodes festival attract attention, for the 24th time, to the 7th art. from the back of the World: “This festival has the great merit of highlighting lesser known films, deeply Australian stories that have managed to make their way through a saturated cinematic landscape“, thus indicates Gillian Bird, while Caroline Bilkey notes that “New Zealand filmmakers are once again wonderfully honored”.
After the official photo at the Hôtel des Lices, the jury chaired by Australian director Aaron Wilson, surrounded by actor Michaël Cohen, actress and singer Sandrine Quétier and the person in charge of development and cultural partnerships for Art FranceNathalie Semon, was invited to the opening of the exhibition at the Salle Despas.
“You are here at home”
“ The most Provençal of Australian artists“, as mayor Sylvie Siri recalled, since the Shona Nuna and Michael Cartwright live in the village of Correns, while their son Jacob has his workshop in Italy: “Since the beginning of the summer, there has been a magnificent exhibition with twelve of your monumental sculptures at the Citadel (until November 3). We are lucky to have international artists who come and exhibit in Saint-Tropez and we are always delighted to host the festival.. You are here at home“.
Until October 16 in free entry, as three years ago, the paintings and sculptures of the couple with their son give a good overview of the art of the Antipodes, complementary to short and feature films, as well as documentaries screened free of charge at the Renaissance and the Star (1).
“This year is exceptional because we have many Australians who came especially for the event, after the reopening of the borders. We are also fortunate to have a magnificent jury and this is new this year, we have a partnership with artwhich bodes well.“, specifies the president Bernard Bories, underlining that the event would be nothing without its volunteers, “who come from all over, including Australia “.
As he did on Wednesday for the inaugural session, with the documentary Jane Campion, the cinema woman by Julie Bertuccelli, the person in charge will be there every evening to present the projected film.
A nod to the director of The piano lessonPalme d’or 1993 and came to the Saint-Tropez festival in 2008, was “ an exceptional preview“, one of two in France, after the session at Cannes Classic last May.”To art, we wear the films we produce a lot, it’s very important to show them to the public. Julie Bertuccelli cannot be there, she is retained in another jury in Rome. The film woman is a beautiful portrait, with a very subtle angle“, summarizes Nathalie Semon, member of the jury and representative of the Franco-German channel. It should be broadcast in early 2023.
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Antipodes Festival: “An exceptional year”