The comforts and terrors of daily life, and our most private interior landscapes, inform every moment of a film by the Belgian writer-director Chantal Akerman ... in the mid-1980s and have ...

“Golden Eighties” contains Fosse-worthy musical ... it’s largely because of the way they were shot. To watch a Chantal Akerman film is to realize how heavily most directors rely on second ...

Philippe Chancel, “Chantal” (© Adagp ... are shown alongside projections of films Akerman produced during the ’80s. The rewarding display is worth spending time with, as it creates an ...

Chantal Akerman’s great subject is dislocation: the difficulty of fitting in, of feeling at home, of being. It’s a theme this remarkable filmmaker -- born in Belgium but a professional nomad ...

Belgian director Chantal Akerman has died at the age of 65, with several sources reporting the death as a suicide. Akerman is best known for her 1975 film Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce ...

The winning film will receive €7,500 ($8,100) in prize money from the Chantal Akerman Foundation and will be announced at the section’s closing ceremony. Akerman chose Fortnight to premiere ...

The backing of the Fondation Chantal Akerman is viewed as both an expression ... plus her “Golden Eighties” (1986), “Sud” (1999), “La Captive” (2000), and “Tombée de Nuit sur ...

Chantal Akerman’s “Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles” is the first female-directed film to top the poll of film experts L-R: "Vertigo" (1958) dir. Alfred Hitchcock ...

Directors’ Fortnight said the new award would be connected to the legacy of Chantal Akerman and that the cash prize was being supported by the Fondation Chantal Akerman. The section suggested ...