Diane Kruger is a German actress. Early in her career, she gained worldwide recognition and received the Trophée Chopard from the Cannes Film Festival.
Richard Stuart Linklater is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for making films that deal thematically with suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. His films include the comedies Slacker (1990) and Dazed and Confused (1993); the Before trilogy of romance films: Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004), and Before Midnight (2013); the music-themed comedy School of Rock (2003); the adult animated films Waking Life (2001), A Scanner Darkly (2006), and Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood (2022); the coming-of-age drama Boyhood (2014); the comedy film Everybody Wants Some!! (2016); and the romantic comedy Hit Man (2023).
Teresa Mary Palmer is an Australian actress. She began her career with roles in Bedtime Stories (2008), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010), Take Me Home Tonight (2011), and I Am Number Four (2011). She received further recognition for starring in the films Warm Bodies (2013), Lights Out (2016), Hacksaw Ridge (2016), and Berlin Syndrome (2017). She also starred in, co-wrote, and co-produced the drama film The Ever After (2014), with her husband Mark Webber. From 2018 to 2022, Palmer starred as Diana Bishop in the supernatural drama series A Discovery of Witches.
The Homecoming is a 1973 British-American drama film directed by Peter Hall based on the play of the same name by Harold Pinter. The film was produced by Ely Landau for the American Film Theatre, which presented thirteen film adaptations of plays in the United States from 1973 to 1975. The film was screened at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition.
Freida Selena Pinto is an Indian actress who has appeared mainly in American and British films. Born and raised in Mumbai, Maharashtra, she resolved at a young age to become an actress. As a student at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai she took part in amateur plays. After graduation, she briefly worked as a model and then as a television presenter.
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger is a 2010 comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Gemma Jones, Freida Pinto, Lucy Punch, and Naomi Watts. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 2010, in an out-of-competition slot.
Black Gold is a 2011 epic historical war film, based on Hans Ruesch's 1957 novel South of the Heart: A Novel of Modern Arabia. It was directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, produced by Tarak Ben Ammar and co-produced by Doha Film Institute. The film stars Tahar Rahim, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Mark Strong and Riz Ahmed.
The Hunt is a 2012 Danish psychological drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Mads Mikkelsen. Set in a small Danish village around Christmas, the film follows a man named Lucas, a divorced kindergarten teacher who becomes the target of mass hysteria after being wrongly accused of sexually abusing a child in his class.
The We and the I is a 2012 American comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Michel Gondry. The film is about teenagers who ride the same bus route on their last day of high school. It was shot in The South Bronx, New York City, New York.
Arash Amel is a Welsh-Iranian screenwriter and film producer.
Knight of Cups is a 2015 American experimental drama film written and directed by Terrence Malick and produced by Nicolas Gonda, Sarah Green and Ken Kao. The film features an ensemble cast, starring Christian Bale as the central character.
All in Good Time is a British film directed by Nigel Cole and starring Reece Ritchie, Amara Karan, Harish Patel, and Meera Syal. It is based on Ayub Khan-Din's 2007 play Rafta, Rafta, which was based on Bill Naughton's 1963 play All in Good Time and the 1966 film adaptation The Family Way.
Charlie's Country is a 2013 Australian drama film directed by Rolf de Heer. It was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival where David Gulpilil won the award for Best Actor. It was also screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and awarded the Best Fiction Prize and the Youth Jury Prize at the 2015 International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) in Geneva.
Jauja is a 2014 internationally co-produced historical drama film co-written and directed by Lisandro Alonso, starring Viggo Mortensen. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Prize.
Afshin Ghaffarian is an Iranian choreographer, director, dancer, and actor, participating primarily with the group "Reformances". Desert Dancer is a 2014 movie inspired by his life. Ghaffarian was portrayed by Reece Ritchie.
Sleeping Giant is a 2015 Canadian drama film written and directed by Andrew Cividino. The film follows three teenage boys coping with boredom in cottage country on the shores of Lake Superior.
Fabiola Beracasa Beckman is a film and television producer, philanthropist and socialite. She was born in Caracas, Venezuela. She was the producer of 2014 biographical drama film Desert Dancer, the 2016 documentary The First Monday in May, and the 2024 documentary Diane von Furstenberg: Woman In Charge.
Only is a 2019 American post-apocalyptic romance film, directed by Takashi Doscher and starring Freida Pinto and Leslie Odom Jr.
Richard Raymond is a British film director known for films such as Heartless, Souls of Totality, A Million Eyes and Desert Dancer. Richard started his career as an assistant at Pinewood Film Studios, working under directors, including Kenneth Branagh, Richard Attenborough and Neil Jordan. In his initial days in the film industry, Richard worked on British television commercials for directors such as Tarsem, Daniel Barber, Tony Kaye, and Jonathan Glazer.
