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Cesar Awards: ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Named Best Picture

The 49th Cesar Awards, France’s top film honors, have been handed out in Paris, with Justine Triet‘s Oscar contender Anatomy of a Fall emerging as the big winner. The French courtroom drama — which is competing at the Oscars in five categories — earned the best film prize, best actress for Sandra Hüller, best director for Triet, best […]

‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Producer David Thion Details Obstacles to Getting the Film From Script to Screen: “It Was a Really Long Process”

Plagued with casting and production challenges, Anatomy of a Fall, the French film now Oscar-nominated for best picture, best director, best actress, best editing and best original screenplay, was no easy film to make. David Thion, one of the producers on the film directed by Justine Triet and starring Sandra Hüller as a woman who […]

‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Editor on Complicated Process of Weaving in the Trial With Flashbacks: “It’s Like the Point of View of God”

From the moment editor Laurent Sénéchal read the script for Anatomy of a Fall, he knew he had a challenge ahead of him when it came to the crucial flashback showing a drag-out fight between Sandra (Sandra Hüller), an author on trial, and her husband, Samuel (Samuel Theis), who fell to his death off the […]

Sandra Hüller on Starring in Two Best Picture Oscar Nominees, Awards Recognition for Foreign-Language Films: “It Really Feels More Open”

German actress Sandra Hüller has a remarkable feat on her resume this year. She starred in not only one best picture Oscar-nominated film, but two: Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest both garnered the coveted nomination. Notably, this is also the first time in which two international foreign-language […]

Santa Barbara Film Fest: Martin Scorsese and Justine Triet Feted at Directors Tribute

Martin Scorsese and Justine Triet, two of this year’s best director Oscar nominees, received the Santa Barbara International Film Festival‘s outstanding directors of the year award on Monday night. The tribute, sponsored by The Hollywood Reporter, featured 30-minute, sit-down conversations with each of the honorees about their careers and journeys to their currently celebrated films, […]

‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Named Best Picture of 2023 by Vancouver Film Critics Circle

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards has named Justine Triet’s mystery thriller Anatomy of a Fall as the best movie of the year. The French courtroom drama — which is competing at the Oscars in five categories — also earned Sandra Hüller the best female actor crown for her star turn in the Cannes Palme […]

Santa Barbara Film Fest: Martin Scorsese and Justine Triet Will Appear for Directors Tribute (Exclusive)

Two of this year’s best director Oscar nominees — Killers of the Flower Moon’s Martin Scorsese and Anatomy of a Fall’s Justine Triet — will receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Outstanding Directors of the Year Award, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively report. The tribute, which is sponsored by THR, will will take place at Santa […]

‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer’ Among Editors’ Eddie Nominees

The American Cinema Editors unwrapped the nominees for its 74th Eddie Awards. ACE’s live-action theatrical feature competition is divided into two categories, for drama and comedy. Nominees in the category for best edited dramatic theatrical feature are Laurent Sénéchal for Anatomy of a Fall, Thelma Schoonmaker for Killers of the Flower Moon, Michelle Tesoro for Maestro, Jennifer […]

Cesar Nominations: ‘Anatomy of a Fall,’ ‘The Animal Kingdom’ Lead the Pack for French Film Awards

Justine Triet’s Oscar-nominated Anatomy of a Fall and Thomas Cailley’s fantasy drama The Animal Kingdom are the front runners for this year’s Cesar Awards, France’s equivalent to the Academy Awards. In nominations announced Wednesday, Anatomy picked up 11 Cesar noms and The Animal Kingdom 12. Both were nominated in the best film and best director […]

Oscar Nominee Justine Triet Reacts to Sole Female Best Director Nod for ‘Anatomy of a Fall’

Anatomy of a Fall director Justine Triet was nominated as the sole female filmmaker in the best director category during the Oscar nominations on Tuesday morning, which, the director tells The Hollywood Reporter, is something she could have never imagined. “I cried… the first one [nomination] was for script and I was so happy. But […]

‘Barbie’s’ Greta Gerwig Snubbed for Oscars Best Director Nomination

Barbie director Greta Gerwig was notably snubbed in the best director category during the Oscar nominations on Tuesday. But following last year’s omission of any female filmmaker in the category, Anatomy of a Fall’s Justine Triet received a nomination. Triet, Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things), Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer), Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest) and Martin […]

‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Wins Best Film, Actress at France’s Lumiere Awards

Justine Triet’s Oscar contender Anatomy of a Fall was the big winner at the 29th Lumiere Awards, France’s equivalent of the Golden Globes, picking up three trophies, including best film and best actress for star Sandra Hüller. Triet missed out on the best director trophy, losing to Thomas Cailley for his supernatural family drama The Animal […]