SOPHIE FIENNES
British director Sophie Fiennes’ comes to the Cannes Film Festival 2010 for the first time for the World Premiere of OVER YOUR CITIES GRASS WILL GROW, in the Official Selection, out of competition.
At once iconoclastic, intimate and visually compelling, Sophie Fiennes’ creative documentaries investigate ideas of language and performance. Her films combine an inventive approach to form, with sophisticated intellectual cutting edge. Fiennes often employs a collaborative approach to filmmaking. She works with artists and thinkers ranging from singer Grace Jones to choreographer Alain Platel to philosopher Slavoj Zizek. Her films therefore also act as powerful portraits of some of today's most iconic individuals.
Fiennes was awarded a NESTA fellowship in 2000, and the ARTE FRANCE CINEMA AWARD in 2008 to support her innovative approach to film making.
SOPHIE FIENNES (DIRECTOR / PRODUCER)
Sophie Fiennes began making films in 1998. She is widely acclaimed for her unique observational eye and strong sense of cinematic form. Fiennes often employs a collaborative approach to filmmaking. She has worked with artists and thinkers ranging from dancer/choreographer Michael Clark to philosopher /psychoanalyst Slavoj Zizek. Her films therefore also act as powerful portraits of some of today's most iconic individuals.
Sophie Fiennes' films have screened theatrically, on television and in festivals around the world, including Sundance, Telluride, Locarno, Toronto, Rotterdam. Edinburgh, Sydney and London. In 2000 she was awarded a NESTA fellowship to support her innovative approach to film making.
Recent projects include THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO CINEMA (2006), a film exploring the relationship between psychoanalysis and cinema, presented by Slavoj Zizek. Prior to this she made HOOVER STREET REVIVAL (2002), a feature documentary about a Pentecostal church community in Los Angeles and the sermons of its resident preacher, Bishop Noel Jones.
She made THE LATE MICHAEL CLARK (1999), BECAUSE I SING (2001), which was an Artangel commission with Belgium choreographer Alain Platel, as well as numerous shorter projects on subjects from Dogme filmmaker Lars von Trier (LARS FROM 1-10) to the humanitarian activities of UNICEF.
Her last film, VSPRS SHOW AND TELL (2007), a performance/documentary film of Alain Platel's controversial stage work VSPRS, won the award for best dance documentary in the NAPOLIDANZA festival in July 2008. She also won the ARTE FRANCE CINEMA AWARD at Rotterdam Film Festival's 2008 Cinemart.
Current works in development include GRACE JONES, THE MUSICAL OF MY LIFE a digital-video feature documentary on the singer and performer Grace Jones, and THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY, a second collaboration with Slavoj Zizek.
At once iconoclastic, intimate and visually compelling, Sophie Fiennes’ creative documentaries investigate ideas of language and performance. Her films combine an inventive approach to form, with sophisticated intellectual cutting edge. Fiennes often employs a collaborative approach to filmmaking. She works with artists and thinkers ranging from singer Grace Jones to choreographer Alain Platel to philosopher Slavoj Zizek. Her films therefore also act as powerful portraits of some of today's most iconic individuals.
Fiennes was awarded a NESTA fellowship in 2000, and the ARTE FRANCE CINEMA AWARD in 2008 to support her innovative approach to film making.
SOPHIE FIENNES (DIRECTOR / PRODUCER)
Sophie Fiennes began making films in 1998. She is widely acclaimed for her unique observational eye and strong sense of cinematic form. Fiennes often employs a collaborative approach to filmmaking. She has worked with artists and thinkers ranging from dancer/choreographer Michael Clark to philosopher /psychoanalyst Slavoj Zizek. Her films therefore also act as powerful portraits of some of today's most iconic individuals.
Sophie Fiennes' films have screened theatrically, on television and in festivals around the world, including Sundance, Telluride, Locarno, Toronto, Rotterdam. Edinburgh, Sydney and London. In 2000 she was awarded a NESTA fellowship to support her innovative approach to film making.
Recent projects include THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO CINEMA (2006), a film exploring the relationship between psychoanalysis and cinema, presented by Slavoj Zizek. Prior to this she made HOOVER STREET REVIVAL (2002), a feature documentary about a Pentecostal church community in Los Angeles and the sermons of its resident preacher, Bishop Noel Jones.
She made THE LATE MICHAEL CLARK (1999), BECAUSE I SING (2001), which was an Artangel commission with Belgium choreographer Alain Platel, as well as numerous shorter projects on subjects from Dogme filmmaker Lars von Trier (LARS FROM 1-10) to the humanitarian activities of UNICEF.
Her last film, VSPRS SHOW AND TELL (2007), a performance/documentary film of Alain Platel's controversial stage work VSPRS, won the award for best dance documentary in the NAPOLIDANZA festival in July 2008. She also won the ARTE FRANCE CINEMA AWARD at Rotterdam Film Festival's 2008 Cinemart.
Current works in development include GRACE JONES, THE MUSICAL OF MY LIFE a digital-video feature documentary on the singer and performer Grace Jones, and THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY, a second collaboration with Slavoj Zizek.