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13/02/06: OZON'S "ANGEL" ALIGHTS IN U.K.

Romola Garai, Sam Neill and Charlotte Rampling star in French director's English-language debut

London: 13 February 2006 - Principal photography has begun on François Ozon's new English-language period drama ANGEL filming on location in and around London and Bristol.
Written and directed by François Ozon (8 Women, Swimming Pool, 5x2) ANGEL stars Romola Garai (Vanity Fair, Inside I'm Dancing) in the title role, together with Sam Neill (The Piano), Charlotte Rampling in her third collaboration with Ozon (Under the Sand, Swimming Pool), Michael Fassbender (Band of Brothers), Lucy Russell (Tristan + Isolde) and Jacqueline Tong (Princess Caraboo).
ANGEL is produced by Olivier Delbosc and Marc Missonnier for Fidélité Films together with co-producers Christopher Granier-Deferre of Poisson Rouge Pictures and Geneviève Lemal of Scope Pictures with Tanya Seghatchian as executive producer. With a production budget of € 15 millions the film is a U.K., French and Belgian co-production with financing by Fidélité Films, Celluloid Dreams, Canal +, France 2 and Philippe Godeau's company Pan-Européenne. International sales are being handled by Celluloid Dreams.
Set in England at the turn of the last century, ANGEL recounts the glorious rise of Angel Deverell, a poor but passionately determined young woman, who climbs the social ladder by becoming a celebrated romantic novelist.
Commenting on the announcement director Ozon said, “I have always been drawn to powerful women in my work and I am exhilarated by the prospect of shooting my first English-language feature. I've always felt an affinity for English culture and literature and I am delighted to have found a muse in the form of the exceptional young actress, Romola Garai.”

28/01/06: For his new tv series John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You, "the king of trash" has selected Criminal Lovers by François Ozon. The movie will be broadcasted on Here! (Los Angeles TV Channel).
More details on this show

10/10/05: Time To Leave goes to Flanders International Film Festival Ghent (14-15 October 2005)
and to London Film Festival (20 October 2005)

24/08/05: Time To Leave (Le Temps Qui Reste), the new film by François Ozon starring Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau and Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, will be presented at the Toronto International Film Festival on 15th September.

5x2 [Five Times Two] starring Stéphane Freiss, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi.

Buy the DVD and the soundtrack of 5x2
International Release Dates
Press Review (UK)

8 Women Back on stage... but in Japan ! Visit the website

Listen to sound clips from the score of 5x2 composed by Philippe Rombi

01/06/05: François Ozon will appear in person at the Museum of the Moving Image on Sunday, June 5, 2005, following a special screening of his acclaimed new film, 5x2, which will be released by ThinkFilm in June 2005. After the screening of 5x2, a reverse chronological narrative of scenes from an unraveling marriage, Ozon will participate in a Pinewood Dialogue moderated by David Schwartz, Chief Curator of Film.

Tickets are $18 for the general public and $12 for Museum members and are available by calling the Museum at (718) 784-4520.

Moving Image’s retrospective tribute to Ozon will also feature screenings of 8 Women and Swimming Pool on Saturday, June 4, as well as a special program of Ozon’s rarely-screened short films on Sunday, June 5, the last day of the series. All the prints of the shorts have been imported from France, and the program includes work from Ozon’s private collection. 

A short interview of François Ozon at NewsDay.com

04/11/2004: The Cardiff Screen Festival (Wales, 10-20 November 2004) will screen 5x2. Visit the website for more informations.

03/10/2004: At the Hamburg Filmfest (September 23-30), François Ozon has been honored with the Douglas Sirk Award, given each year to a personality who has rendered outstanding services to film culture.

12/03/2004: Read an original analysis of Swimming Pool by Alan C. Shaw

13/04/2004: Swimming Pool is about to be released in Japan (Gaga Communications). Visit the excellent website dedicated to the movie. Go to the website

17/02/2004: Watch the four US posters of Swimming Pool in the galleries section.

23/01/2004: At the French Movie Awards 2004 (Les César), the movie Swimming Pool has two nominations:
Charlotte Rampling (Best Actress) and Ludivine Sagnier (Best Supporting Actress). The ceremony will be broadcasted on Canal Plus Saturday 21 February 2004.

18/12/2003: Swimming Pool has been nominated for the Best Foreign Film and Best British Actress at the London Film Critics Awards, which take place in February. More details at Eonline.com.

08/12/2003: Charlotte Rampling won the Best Actress Award for her performance in Swimming Pool at the 16th European Film Awards (Berlin, 6 December 2003)
Moreover, Swimming Pool continues its global succes worldwide. Read the article from Unifrance.org

02/12/2003: The french DVD of Swimming Pool will be released on 21 January 2004 in 2 editions. The collector edition will have bonus features such as images from Cannes Film Festival, a poster gallery, deleted scenes commented by François Ozon...

19/10/2003: Swimming Pool is about to be released in Spain and Italy.
The movie reached US$ 9,7 millions and £ 581 500 in Great Britain; Over 400 000 entries in Germany and 711 723 entries in France.

10/09/2003: The french-german TV channel Arte will broadcast the movie Under the Sand on the 12th of September at 12.30 PM and the 15th of September at 5.25 PM.

26/08/2003: From 24 August until 17 September the Schikaneder cinema in Vienna is showing a retrospective on the films by Francois Ozon. Together with the well known movies like Sitcom and 8 Women they also show his short-movies and Criminal Lovers, which hasn't been shown in Austria before.

17/08/2003: You can find all the international release dates of Francois Ozon movies (in theater & tv broadcasts) at Unifrance.org.

25/07/2003: Go to the german website of Swimming Pool, (German release: 14/08/2003).

22/07/2003: Swimming Pool opened last Wednesday, leading into the July 4th holiday weekend, on 13 screens in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC and Boston. The film grossed an estimated $373,000 over the 5 day holiday frame, for a very impressive per screen average of $28,700.

09/07/2003: Press reviews about Swimming Pool on Rotten Tomatoes website.

Read the article from New York Times	Watch the flyer	Read the article from Ebert & Roeper	Marquee at Regent Theatre, L.A.

03/07/2003: Read the interview of François Ozon about Swimming Pool. Watch 4 clips from Swimming Pool. Read the interview of François Ozon in IndieWire and read the articles of Los Angeles Times and New York Times. And Ludivine Sagnier on the cover of TimeOut New York!!

31/05/2003: Read the review from Article Screen International.

12/05/2003: Discover the pictures and the french trailer of Swimming Pool.

The press talks about Swimming Pool: the covers

31/05/2003: Swimming Pool Foreign releases:
• Russia (Intercinema Art Agency) : 1st June 2003
• USA (Focus Features) : 2 July 2003
• German-speaking region of Switzerland (Filmcoop) : 31 July 2003
• Germany (Constantin Films) : 14 August 2003
• UK (UGC Films) : 22 August 2003

10/05/2003: Ludivine Sagnier & Charlotte Rampling are interviewed by French magazines Repérages and Studio Magazine (May 2003).

06/05/2003: The music from Swimming Pool will be released in France 20 May 2003. A double CD (Warner Music France) will feature the original scores of Swimming Pool, 8 Women, Under The Sand and Criminal Lovers, and the songs from the previous movies by François Ozon. Click here.

Order now the book adapted from the screenplay of Swimming Pool.(aux Editions de l'Arche)

03/05/2003: Ludivine Sagnier is interviewed by French magazine Premiere, with an illustrated report on the set of Swimming Pool. The French press review of Swimming Pool: French magazines Synopsis and CinéLive interview François Ozon. Charlotte Rampling is on the cover of Psychologie Magazine with an interview.

27/04/2003: Swimming Pool will be presented at Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2003.The film is distributed in USA by Focus Features and will be out 2 July 2003.

25/04/2003: The picture gallery of Swimming Pool is open.

23/04/2003: Swimming Pool goes to the Cannes Film Festival and it will be out in France 21 May 2003.

24/03/2003: The teaser of Swimming Pool !

27/01/2003: Swimming Pool will be released in France Spring 2003, starring Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier and Charles Dance. The music is composed by Philippe Rombi.

05/02/2003: 8 Women dubbed in spanish, italian and german! Watch the clips ...

02/02/2003: At the French Movie Award 2003 (Les César), the movie 8 Women has 12 nominations.
The ceremony will be broadcasted on Canal Plus saturday 22 February 2003.

24/01/2003: François Ozon, Marc Missonnier and Olivier Delbosc (from Fidélité Productions) have received an award for their collaboration. More information at the Le Film Français.

09/12/2002: The European Film Academy gave a prize to the 8 actresses of 8 Women. They have already won the Silver Bear Prize at the Berlin Film Festival 2002.
8 Women is considered by the National Board of Review as one of the best foreign films of the year.

07/11/2002: The first picture from Swimming Pool, starring Ludivine Sagnier. (Photo © Jean-Claude Moireau)

30/08/2002: 8 Women opens in New York and Los Angeles September 20. Watch the US Trailer.

24/01/2003: François Ozon, Marc Missonnier and Olivier Delbosc (from Fidélité Productions) have received an award for their collaboration. More information at the Le Film Français.

09/12/2002: The European Film Academy gave a prize to the 8 actresses of 8 Women. They have already won the Silver Bear Prize at the Berlin Film Festival 2002.
8 Women is considered by the National Board of Review as one of the best foreign films of the year.

30/08/2002: 8 Women opens in New York and Los Angeles September 20. Watch the US Trailer.

08/08/2002: François Ozon will be in Belgium the 10th of August, at the Museum of Cinema of Bruxels for a retrospective of his films.

8 Women (8 Frauen) has just been released in Germany with great success. The movie is dubbed by 8 famous german actresses:
Catherine Deneuve...Senta Berger
Isabelle Huppert...Katja Riemann
Emmanuelle Béart...Nina Hoss
Fanny Ardant...Hannelore Elsner
Virginie Ledoyen...Nicolette Krebitz
Danielle Darrieux...Ruth Maria Kubitschek
Ludivine Sagnier...Cosma Shiva Hagen
Firmine Richard...Jasmin Tabatabei

More information at Constantin films

11/07/2002: In the issue of June 2002, l'Avant-Scène Cinéma (french magazine) is entirely dedicated to 8 Women with the cutting of the film, an interview with François Ozon and Marina de Van...

13/04/2002: This summer François Ozon will direct his new film Swimming Pool starring Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier.

18/02/2002: The Berlin Film Festival gave the Silver Berlin Bear to the ensemble of actresses in the film 8 Women by François Ozon, for their individual artistic contribution.