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Atom Egoyan is one of the most famous contemporary filmmakers on the international scene. His work, which includes theatre, music and artistic facilities, addresses issues such as memory, displacement and the impact of technology and the media on modern life.
Egoyan has won numerous awards at international film festivals, including the Grand Prix and the International Cannes Festival Critics Award, two Oscar ® nominations and many other awards. His films have won 25 Geniuses - including three awards for the best film - and an award for the best international film adaptation of the Frankfurt Book Fair. Egoyan's films have been presented in many retrospective stories around the world, including a full overview of his career at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, followed by similar events at the Spanish Film Library in Madrid, the Museum of The Moving Image in New York and the Royal Cinematek in Brussels.
Born in Cairo in 1960, Atom Egoyan was raised in Victoria, British Columbia, on the west coast of Canada. He moved to Toronto to study International Relations and Classic Guitar.
While working at the theatre at the age of 20, Egoyan - who began to make short films through the Hart House Film Board of the University of Toron- wrote his first feature film. Next of Kin premiered at the 1984 Toronto Festival and won a Golden Duchy at the Mannheim Festival (Germany). His first feature, such as Family Viewing and Speaking Parts, were also presented at festivals around the world, winning a FIPRECI award (Locarno, 1988), as well as a CICAE prize in Berlin. Egoyan has a long relationship with the Cannes Festival, where he has presented most of his feature in the Official Section (Exotica, El Dulce Porvenir, El Viaje de Felicia, Ararat, La Verdad Oculta, Adoration, Cauctivos) and has won five important awards.
Egoyan has been appointed gentleman by the French Government, received State honors from the Republic of Armenia and is a Fellow of the Order of Canada. He has received ten honorary doctorates in Letras and Law from universities such as Trinity College, U. of T., Queens, U.B.C. and McGill. He won the Douglas Sirk Award of the Hamburg Film Festival, the Maverick Honorary Award of the Woodstock Film Festival, the International Digital Film Poch Award and the National Film Medal of Mexico City, and the Cinematographer- Director Duo Award of Camerimage (Poland), which are in addition to other awards received at festivals and competitions in Toyota, Hong Kong, Midnight Sun (Finland), Reikiavik, Las Palmas, Cairo, Jerusalem, São Paulo, Sarajevo, Prades and the European Film Panorama of Athens. In 2008 he received the Dan David Award for «Creative interpretation of the past», category he shared with Amos Oz and Sir Tom Stoppard. In 2012, Egoyan received the Medal of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. In 2015, Egoyan received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Atom Egoyan is one of the most celebrated contemporary films on the international scene. His work, which includes theater, music and art installations, addresses themselves such as memory, displacement and the impact of technology and media on modern life.
Egoyan has won numerous awards at international film festivals, including the Grand Prix and International Critics' Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, two Oscar ® nominations and many other accolades. His films have won twenty-five Genies - including three Best Film Awards - and an award for Best International Film Adaptation at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Egoyan's films have been featured in numerous retrospective around the world, including a comprehensive overview of his career at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, followed by similar events at the Spanish Film Library in Madrid, the Museum of The Moving Image in New York and the Royal Cinematek in Brussels.
Born in Cairo in 1960, Atom Egoyan grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, on Canada's west coast. He moved to Toronto to study International Relations and Classical Guitar.
While working in theater in his early twenties, Egoyan - who began making short films through the Hart House Film Board at the University of Toronto - wrote his first feature film. Next of Kin awarded at the 1984 Toronto Film Festival and won a Golden Ducat at the Mannheim Film Festival (Germany). His first feature films, such as Family Viewing and Speaking Parts, also screened at festivals around the world, winning a FIPRENCI award (Locarno, 1988) as well as a CICAE award in Berlin. Egoyan has a long relationship with the Cannes Film Festival, where he has presented most of his feature films in the Official Selection (Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, Felicia's Journey, Ararat, Where The Truth Lies, Adoration, The Captive) and has won five major awards.
Egoyan has been knocked by the French government, received state honors from the Republic of Armenia and is a Companion of the Order of Canada. He has received ten honorary doctorates in Letters and Law from universities including Trinity College, U. of T., Queens, U.B.C. and McGill. He won the Douglas Sirk Award at the Hamburg Film Festival, the Maverick Honorary Award at the Woodstock Film Festival, the El Pochote International Award for Digital Cinema and the Medal of the Cineteca Nacional in Mexico City, and the Cinematographer- Director Duo Award from Camerimage (Poland), in addition to other awards received at festivals and competitions in Toyko, Hong Kong, Midnight Sun (Finland), Reykjavik, Las Palmas, Cairo, Jerusalem, São Paulo, Sarajevo, Panoras and the European Pans. In 2008 he received the Dan David Award for "Creative Interpretation of the Past," a category he shared with Amos Oz and Sir Tom Stoppard. In 2012, Egoyan received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal. In 2015, Egoyan received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Canada, 1994. 105 min
Elias Koteas, Bruce Greenwood, Mia Kirshner, Sarah Polley
The Exotica is a nightclub run by a pregnant woman. There are a number of characters gathered every night: Christina, the striptease dancer, Francis, an inspector of the Treasury who fills her with attention and Eric, the disc-jockey, Christina's ex-boyfriend who gets jealous whenever she gets the compliments of the customers. Exotica is ultimately a place to strip fantasies and frustrations.
Exotica is a nightclub run by a pregnant woman. Several characteristics meet there every night: Christina, the striptease dancer, Francis, a tax inspector who shows her with attention and Eric, the disc jockey, Christina's ex-boyfriend who goes crazy with jealousy whenever she receives compliance from practitioners. Exotica is, in short, a place where fantasies and frustrations are laid bare.
-Egoyan has taken a seemingly simple story and has woven it into a masterpiece, creating images and an atmosphere that sets the perfect backdrop for a history of loss, pain and erotism.
Egoyan has taken a seemingly simple story and wave it into a masterpiece, creating image and an atmosphere that sets the perfect backdrop for a tale of loss, grievance and eroticism
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