LYON, France — Four-time Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón and “Time Bandits” helmer Terry Gilliam will join a star director-studded lineup at this year’s Lumière Film Festival including Wes Anders…
Cuarón is returning to Lyon – where he was a guest of honor in 2018 – to present a selection of films by Swiss filmmaker Alain Tanner .One of Anderson’s latest shorts, “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,” part of four Roald Dahl adaptations to be released on Netflix later this month, will screen at Lyon’s plush 2,000-seat Auditorium, where he will give a masterclass.
“It was important for us to celebrate Wim Wenders because he’s a complete artist: He’s a photographer, a writer, and a filmmaker. He is interested in cultural disciplines and artists from around the world. His work as a documentary filmmaker, for example, bears witness to the kind of person and artist he is: he has, among others, made films about a Brazilian photographer , a German dancer , and a Japanese filmmaker ,” Arnaud explained.
The Lumière crowd will be spoilt for choice with French premieres including Hayao Miyazaki’s latest offering, “The Boy and the Heron,” and masterclasses by the likes of Taylor Hackford , Jean-Jacques Annaud – whose “The Name of the Rose” will close the festival on Oct. 22; Pedro Almodóvar muse Marisa Paredes, and Japanese director Rintaro, who will screen his first anime in 14 years, short film “Nezumikozo Jirokichi: A Manga Film Dedicated to Sadao Yamanaka.
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