COLCOA 2016 MASTER CLASS PROGRAM

 

Students and teachers are invited to attend two Master classes at COLCOA (Free of charge):

 

Tuesday April 19

TRUFFAUT Theater - 1:00 pm

Screening of COME WHAT MAY 

Followed by a master class with writer/director Christian Carion (end at 3:40 pm)

 

Known for making historical tapestries based on true stories, writer/director Christian Carion stepped onto the international stage with his feel-good WWI film Joyeux Noel (2005), in which soldiers in the trenches lay down their arms for one day to celebrate Christmas with the enemy. His gripping thriller Farewell (COLCOA 2010), went back to the Cold War and featured filmmakers Emir Kusturica and Guillaume Canet as spies passing Soviet secrets to the West. Carion was born into a farming family and initially went in that direction professionally. After meeting fellow film enthusiast Christophe Rossignon, now a prominent producer, the two of them decided to dedicate their lives to filmmaking.

 

Thursday April 21

TRUFFAUT Theater - 2:00 pm

Screening of  DON’T TELL ME THE BOY WAS MAD

Followed by a master class with writer/director Robert Guédiguian (end at 5:15 pm)

 

Based on the autobiographical novel by journalist Jose Antonio Gurriaran, who was himself paralyzed in an Armenian terrorist attack and later defended the Armenian cause, this cri de coeur from writer/director Robert Guédiguian is a return to themes that have preoccupied him personally and professionally. Born to an Armenian dockworker in Marseille, Guédiguian makes films that confront social and political issues but add a touch of thriller or noir to the kitchen sink naturalism. Relying on a stable of regular actors, his early features were expressions of pessimism for the future of the French working class. Later films like Marius and Jeannette (1997) took a lighter, more charming turn, and garnered international acclaim. His ambitious Army of Crime (2009) pays tribute to immigrant resistance fighters in wartime France. For one of that film’s co-writers, Gilles Taurand, this marks his third collaboration with Guédiguian, along with The Last Mitterrand (2005).  Don’t Tell me the Boy was Mad had its World Premiere at the last Cannes Film Festival.

 

 

HOW TO ATTEND?

 

Depending on availability, this program is open to any class of college or university. Students from any school can RSVP and attend individually. The master class program is also available for high school teachers and their students.

 

If you are a professor and want your class to attend this program, please send us an email now at masterclass@colcoa.org. Please mention in your email:

◦   Where you teach

◦   How many students plan to attend

◦   Which Master class(es) you want to attend

 

Students may reserve individually by sending us their name and school information at masterclass@colcoa.org

 

Students can also buy tickets on site or on colcoa.org at the reduced price of $4 for all COLCOA screenings, from Tuesday 4/21 to Monday 4/27.

 

THREE (GOOD) REASONS TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM: 

 

◦   All COLCOA screenings from Tuesday 4/22 to Monday 4/28 are complimentary for teachers/professors participating in a Master class. 

 

◦   Enjoy a full day at COLCOA: Students attending a master class will be offered complementary tickets for same day screenings at the festival! (Depending on availability)

 

◦   When attending a master class teachers and students can win a pass to Laemmle theaters, courtesy of Laemmle theaters.

 

 

The COLCOA Master Class program is presented in association with ELMA (European Langage and Movies Association) with the support of Laemmle Theatres and the French Film & TV Office in Los Angeles.