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2016 Filmmaker in Residence, Alice Rohrwacher. |
Jaeger-LeCoultre and the Film Society of Lincoln Center
announce the selection of award-winning writer and director Alice Rohrwacher (The
Wonders, New York Film Festival 2014 and Corpo Celeste, New York Film Festival
2011) as their 2016 Filmmaker in Residence, the fourth annual initiative and
partnership between the two organizations.
Past recipients include directors Athina Rachel Tsangari
(Chevalier), Lisandro Alonso (Jauja), and Andrea Arnold (Red Road, Fish Tank),
whose residency project American Honey will premiere in competition at this
year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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Denis Lim, Florence Almozini, Alice Rorhwacher,
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“With Andrea Arnold's American Honey, which was developed at
our first Filmmaker in Residence three years ago, debuting this week, we are
thrilled to unveil the name of our next artist in residence,” said Film Society
of Lincoln Center Deputy Director Eugene Hernandez. “A distinctive filmmaker
with a warm, infectious spirit, Alice Rohrwacher is one of international
cinema's brightest lights, and throughout her career we have championed her work
at the Film Society. We are excited to be able to offer Alice an opportunity to
finish writing her next feature film, My Bitter Land, in New York this fall and
equally excited to welcome her back to the New York Film Festival where she
will connect with other filmmakers and also engage with students and emerging
artists.”
“I can’t imagine a better gift than to spend time in New
York, take part in the events at the New York Film Festival, and to have the
time to research in local archives and libraries for my next film,” said Alice
Rohrwacher. “It was 2011 when I crossed the ocean, for the first time in my
life, to present my debut feature Corpo Celeste at NYFF, so New York is very
much interconnected with the festival for me. I vividly remember my first impressions
of the city - like taking part in an archaeological mission into the future.
Where I live, to the contrary, we dig underground into the past. This clash of
past vs. future, vertical vs. underground will be fascinating to me and my
work.”
During her residency in New York, Alice Rohrwacher will
continue to write her third feature film, My Bitter Land, about the adventures
of a man living on the margins of his society who can seemingly travel through
time.
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Rohrwacher on stage during an event at Lincoln Center. |
Alice Rohrwacher
Alice Rohrwacher was born in Florence, Italy, in 1981. She
graduated with a degree in Classic Literature from Torino University, and wrote
for theatre and worked as a musician before approaching filmmaking, initially
as a documentary editor. Her first feature Corpo Celeste premiered in Cannes
Film Festival’s Director’s Fortnight in 2011, and was then selected for
Sundance, New York, London, Rio, and Tokyo film festivals before being released
in the US, UK, and France. Alice Rohrwacher’s second feature The Wonders won
the Grand Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival along with the Best Film
Prize at Filmfest München, and the Black Pearl Award at the 2014 Abu Dhabi
Film Festival. In 2015 she directed The Djess, a short film commissioned by
Prada as part of Miu Miu’s Women’s Tales film series that premiered during New
York Fashion Week, and was also presented at Venice Film Festival. She is
currently working on directing her first opera, a new version of La Traviata
for Teatri di Reggio Emilia that will open in Fall 2016.
The Filmmaker in Residence
The Filmmaker in Residence program was launched in 2013 by
Jaeger-LeCoultre and the Film Society of Lincoln Center as an annual initiative
designed to support filmmakers at an early stage in the creative process
against the backdrop of New York City and the New York Film Festival (NYFF).
The 2013 Filmmaker in Residence, Andrea Arnold (Wuthering
Heights, Fish Tank, Red Road), utilized her residency to develop the script and
work on pre-production for first feature project shot in the United States,
American Honey, starring Shia LaBeouf. The film will have its World Premiere in
competition at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival this week.
The 2014 Filmmaker in Residence, Lisandro Alonso (Jauja,
Liverpool, Fantasma, Los Muertos) is working on his untitled project that began
during his residency at FSLC and is aiming to shoot soon in the United States.
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Alice Rorhwacher with Laurent Vinay and Lesli Klainberg. |
The latest feature from 2015 Filmmaker in Residence Athina
Rachel Tsangari (Attenberg), buddy comedy Chevalier, was picked up by Strand
Releasing following its U.S. premiere at NYFF 2015, and will be released
theatrically on May 27th at various locations nationally, including the Film
Society’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. Athina Tsangari’s White Knuckles,
the screwball heist comedy she was working on during her residency, is currently
in development as her second English-language film, executive-produced by
Christos V. Konstantakopoulos.
Jaeger-LeCoultre and Cinema
Since 1833, Jaeger-LeCoultre has remained dedicated to the
legacy of watchmaking traditions while maintaining its expertise for invention
in creating authentic, fine watchmaking legends. Committed to a constant quest
for excellence and supported by a unique inventive spirit, Jaeger-LeCoultre has
a long-standing engagement in supporting the appreciation and preservation of film.
For a decade, Jaeger-LeCoultre has been closely associated
with the best artistic film festivals around the world, including Venice,
Shanghai, San Sebastian, Los Angeles, and New York, and in turn pays tribute to
the creative ingenuity of filmmakers by annually awarding the Glory to the
Filmmaker Award. Through the close affinity with the world of film,
Jaeger-LeCoultre has found shared values and a common mission: each second
bears the imprint of a moment of eternity.
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Edward Lachman and Ed Pressman during
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In addition to the annual Filmmaker in Residence initiative
with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the multi-year partnership also
extends to two of the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s most prestigious annual
events: the Annual Chaplin Award Gala and the New York Film Festival, a 17-day
celebration showcasing the best and most significant films of the year from
around the world.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center
Founded in 1969 to celebrate American and international
cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center works to recognize established and
emerging filmmakers, support important new work, and to enhance the awareness,
accessibility, and understanding of the moving image. The Film Society produces
the renowned New York Film Festival, a curated selection of the year’s most
significant new film work, and presents or collaborates on other annual New
York City festivals including Art of the Real, Dance on Camera, Film Comment
Selects, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, New York
African Film Festival, New York Asian Film Festival, New York Jewish Film
Festival, Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, and
Scary Movies. In addition to publishing the award-winning Film Comment
magazine, the Film Society recognizes an artist’s unique achievement in film
with the prestigious Chaplin Award, whose 2015 recipient was Robert Redford.
The Film Society’s state-of-the-art Walter Reade Theater and the Elinor Bunin
Munroe Film Center, located at Lincoln Center, provide a home for year-round
programs and the New York City film community.
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