Hi All, Don’t miss this, Atom Egoyan is in the house and I certainly can’t wait to go and see him! please see the details below.
Atom Egoyan to deliver BAFTA’s annual David Lean Lecture
At 7:45pm on Friday 23 October, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts will welcome multi award-winning writer/director Atom Egoyan to BAFTA HQ for the Academy’s annual film industry address.
Over the course of three decades at the forefront of the international film industry, Atom Egoyan has become one of cinema’s most celebrated writer/directors. With feature films including Speaking Parts, The Adjuster, Calendar, Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, Felicia’s Journey, Ararat, Where the Truth Lies and 2008’s Adoration, Egoyan has garnered countless prizes and nominations, led by Grand Prix and International Critics Awards from the Cannes Film Festival and two Oscar® nominations for The Sweet Hereafter.
Egoyan’s Chloe gets its UK premiere at The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival this month and will be released in the UK by Optimum Releasing in 2010.
BAFTA’s Film Committee Chairman, Finola Dwyer, says: “It is a tremendous honour to have Atom Egoyan join us for the David Lean Lecture, one of the most important evenings in the BAFTA calendar which gives insight and access to some of the best minds and talents in the film industry. A true renaissance man, he directs independent films, theatre and opera, has held a teaching post as Dean’s Distinguished Visitor at the University of Toronto, and also writes on cinema and plays music. Atom is a wonderful ambassador for the Lecture; he has a unique and distinctive voice and is one of the most remarkable figures of contemporary independent filmmaking.”
Now in its 9th year, the Academy’s annual David Lean Lecture is generously funded by The David Lean Foundation. This film lecture series is designed to educate, inform and inspire practitioners by providing insight into the experiences of some of the world’s best and most compelling filmmakers and to provide a forum for further discussion of their outstanding creative achievements.
The lecture series also serves to carry on the legacy of the great director David Lean, one of the founders of the British Film Academy (as it was then known) in 1947 and a continuing inspiration to many through his exceptional body of work.
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