Post by jag11 on Jun 11, 2008 16:16:08 GMT -5
MONTE CARLO, June 9: The 48th Monte-Carlo Television Festival opened last night with the European premiere of the full-length television film Father, based on Andrei Platonov’s short story The Return.
During the opening ceremony at Monte Carlo’s Grimaldi Forum, the festival’s Honorary president, H.S.H. Prince Albert II, introduced the jury members who will screen nominated entries and determine the recipients of the 2008 Golden Nymph Awards. This year’s jury presidents are the award-winning French director Caroline Huppert, Danish creator/producer Peter Henrik Hansen and Italian producer Pietro Valsecchi. Other jury members include Spanish director, producer and screenwriter Jose Antonio Escriva, Japanese producer Takahisa Goto, German director Reiner Moritz, U.S. creator, writer and director David Leaf and Italian actress Pamela Villoresi.
Ivan Solovov the co-producer of Father, attended last night’s event, along with starring actress Ivanova Svetlana (Masha). Attendees of the screening included actors Armand Assante (American Gangster), Greg Rikaart (The Young and the Restless) and Drake Hogestyn (Days of our Lives), along with actresses Lisa Edelstein (House), Christel Khalil (The Young and the Restless) and Deidre Hall (Days of Our Lives).
Other stars in Monte Carlo for the five-day festival include cast members from international TV series such as Ashes to Ashes, Cashmere Mafia, CSI, Damages, Desperate Housewives, House, Jekyll, Keeping up with the Kardashians, Law & Order, Lost, October Road, The Boarder and Ugly Betty, along with a plethora of French and international stars.
Other highlights of the Monte Carlo Television Festival this week include the international television program competition and Golden Nymph Awards ceremony and premiere screenings organized by a variety of European networks and studios.
David Tomatis, the CEO of the Monte-Carlo TV Festival, said: “We are delighted to welcome some of the world’s most admired television industry representatives to Monaco for the 48th Monte-Carlo TV Festival. We have received more submissions to the competition than ever before, more than 700, the quality of which has really raised the standard. We are greatly looking forward to the results of the judges’ deliberations on Thursday. The Golden Nymph award has become one of the most coveted and respected recognitions in the television industry.”
During the opening ceremony at Monte Carlo’s Grimaldi Forum, the festival’s Honorary president, H.S.H. Prince Albert II, introduced the jury members who will screen nominated entries and determine the recipients of the 2008 Golden Nymph Awards. This year’s jury presidents are the award-winning French director Caroline Huppert, Danish creator/producer Peter Henrik Hansen and Italian producer Pietro Valsecchi. Other jury members include Spanish director, producer and screenwriter Jose Antonio Escriva, Japanese producer Takahisa Goto, German director Reiner Moritz, U.S. creator, writer and director David Leaf and Italian actress Pamela Villoresi.
Ivan Solovov the co-producer of Father, attended last night’s event, along with starring actress Ivanova Svetlana (Masha). Attendees of the screening included actors Armand Assante (American Gangster), Greg Rikaart (The Young and the Restless) and Drake Hogestyn (Days of our Lives), along with actresses Lisa Edelstein (House), Christel Khalil (The Young and the Restless) and Deidre Hall (Days of Our Lives).
Other stars in Monte Carlo for the five-day festival include cast members from international TV series such as Ashes to Ashes, Cashmere Mafia, CSI, Damages, Desperate Housewives, House, Jekyll, Keeping up with the Kardashians, Law & Order, Lost, October Road, The Boarder and Ugly Betty, along with a plethora of French and international stars.
Other highlights of the Monte Carlo Television Festival this week include the international television program competition and Golden Nymph Awards ceremony and premiere screenings organized by a variety of European networks and studios.
David Tomatis, the CEO of the Monte-Carlo TV Festival, said: “We are delighted to welcome some of the world’s most admired television industry representatives to Monaco for the 48th Monte-Carlo TV Festival. We have received more submissions to the competition than ever before, more than 700, the quality of which has really raised the standard. We are greatly looking forward to the results of the judges’ deliberations on Thursday. The Golden Nymph award has become one of the most coveted and respected recognitions in the television industry.”