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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
MK2 Seals Worldwide Deal For Films Of Nouvelle Vague Influencer & Cinema Vérité Pioneer Jean Rouch
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based international sales company mk2 Films has signed a worldwide representation deal, excluding North America and Spain, for the works of late cinema vérité pioneer Jean Rouch. Rouch, who spent much of his adult life in Niger, broke fresh ground with his merging of anthropology with cinema to pioneer cinéma vérité, with his work going on to be an inspiration for the directors of the French New Wave. More from Deadline Cannes Film Festival 2025: Read All Of Deadline's Movie Reviews 'Pillion' Review: Alexander Skarsgård Is Dom For The Holidays & Harry Melling Is Hopelessly Devoted In Steamy BDSM Romance - Cannes Film Festival 'Nouvelle Vague' Director Richard Linklater On Trump Film Tariffs: "That's Not Gonna Happen" - Cannes The deal is the company's first with Les Films du Jeudi, the company of late renowned producer Pierre Braunberger (It's My Life, Shoot the Pianist), which is now run by his daughter Laurence Braunberger. It comes as the New Wave is in the spotlight at Cannes thanks to the world premiere of Richard Linklater's Nouvelle Vague revisiting the production of Jean-Luc Godard's shoot of Breathless, which mentions both Rouch and Braunberger. Working with Braunberger, Rouch is credited with bridging French and West African cultures, as well redefining documentary as a deeply human, artistic form. His approach—using lightweight cameras, spontaneous filming, and collaborative storytelling—broke with traditional ethnographic distance, creating a radically new and immersive way of capturing reality on screen. The deal includes restored versions of Jean Rouch's features I, a Black (1957), The Human Pyramide (1959), as well as short films, such as controversial The Mad Masters (1955). Founded in 1964, Les Films du Jeudi manages the oeuvre of Braunberger, whose prolific output spans nearly a century. The collection encompasses over 111 feature films, 165 documentaries and 130 shorts—featuring works by cinematic luminaries such as Jean Renoir, Jean-Luc Godard, and Chris Marker. 'This partnership is a natural convergence between two independent houses devoted to auteur cinema,' said Nathanaël Karmitz, Chairman of the Board of mk2. 'It allows us to welcome the groundbreaking work of ethnographic pioneer Jean Rouch, whose innovative blending of fiction and documentary reshaped the documentary form.' Best of Deadline Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds 'Nine Perfect Strangers' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out? Everything We Know About Ari Aster's 'Eddington' So Far
Korea Herald
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
DMZ Docs, Seoul Art Cinema to present 1960s-70s docu retrospective
Joint program revisits Direct Cinema and Cinema Verite through landmark works The DMZ International Documentary Film Festival (DMZ Docs) announced Tuesday it is teaming up with Seoul Art Cinema to present "Museum of Reality: Innovations in Documentary of the 1960s-70s," a special screening series running Friday to May 4. Held on weekends at Seoul Art Cinema in Jung-gu, Seoul, the three-week program will feature 10 feature-length documentaries rooted in direct cinema and cinema verite — landmark movements that helped reshape the genre through their emphasis on spontaneity and everyday realism. Among the list are Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin's "Chronicle of a Summer" (1961), widely credited with pioneering interview techniques central to modern documentary, and Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme's "The Lovely Month of May" (1963). American entries include Robert Drew's seminal works "Primary" (1960) and "Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment" (1963), renowned for bringing journalistic immediacy to political subjects. The lineup also features works from Drew Associates, a documentary collective founded by Robert Drew that championed Direct Cinema in the US. Highlights include Richard Leacock and D.A. Pennebaker's "1 P.M." (1971), which grew out of an unfinished collaboration with Jean-Luc Godard, Pennebaker's "Don't Look Back" (1967), and the Maysles brothers' "Salesman" (1969) and "Grey Gardens" (1976). Barbara Kopple's Oscar-winning "Harlan County U.S.A." (1976) follows a coal miners' strike in Kentucky, while "Acadia, Acadia?!?" (1971) by Michel Brault and Pierre Perrault explores questions of identity and cultural autonomy in Canada's Acadian region. 'In an era marked by war and deepening social divides, the creative force of documentary filmmaking feels more relevant than ever. Documentaries of the 1960s and '70s can serve as a vital compass for understanding the world we live in,' said Kang Jin-seok, programmer at DMZ Docs. The program includes four post-screening discussions after "Acadia, Acadia?!?" Saturday, "Harlan County U.S.A." Sunday and both "Chronicle of a Summer" and "1 P.M." April 27.
