botts we began with a look at the annual european film awards which take place this weekend here belin joining me is all film expert adrian kennedy who has all the details adrian some big european directors up for the big award yes roman polanski pedro almodovar and your course of that for most of the heavyweights in the running polanski's film is historical drama about the dreyfus affair and motive oz is semi autobiographical and slants the most of course has this incredible restoration romp which has already won his link actress and maybe a calm and also. r k let's have a look at those 3 top favorites for the top award. regulars in the next few days it was only going to be the people on the beach did you hear. if you know what we need to be much contribution to someone who.

refuses to spill in the bill to do what. they were going to. bring to usenet was total to get me going to stop or to. give a new way that said you need support. so i am proud. to have a little every now. so strong. there's also a german film with a chance for best film that. dive straight into that one this is system crash

directed by nora. by the child welfare system which is an amazing performance from single as any and while we're on the subject of german films there is one that has garnered a nomination in the best category this is going to man it's about a singer who's also a giant excavator operator who becomes an informant for the secret place in communist east germany alexander she has been nominated as best actor for that now big controversy centers around polanski's film. the spawn spy and combined with. me to move in from the nomination for plants his film came the day after i knew right allegation was made against the director rape allegation relating to the in 1975 process at the premiere of the film in france

where as the title jack cruise and protesters wielded jack the sides now indignation is being fired by some reviews that have suggested that clancy could be drawing parallels between himself and the falsely accused french jewish officer in his film that is up for the best film so polanski of course is still wanted in the us he pleaded guilty to start tory rape of 13 year old schoolgirl in $1007.00 and then fled the country because he feared a prison sentence so things could get a bit political it would serve a new itself or you have to wait and see there also has been a petition to have polanski's film. withdrawn completely from the e f a's in the best director katz gray he's up against sitting. she's the only female director in the field and she has

a very good chance of winning for this. portrait of a lady on fire a brilliant lesbian romance between an 18th century painter played by no amy. the dark lady here and reluctance it's a dead end there now both of these actresses are jointly nominated for best actress and if never wins she could be expected to say something about me too or prevent ski's inclusion she has recently made allegations against the director of her 1st film that he subjected. to permanent sexual harassment from the ages of 12 to 15 she says that she was inspired to speak out by the me too movement organized so scrambles can see a bit of a shadow over these years wards of course all the winners will be listed on our website at www dot com culture as always thank you very much thank you.

the pirelli calendar is the most glamorous marketing tool of a company whose main business is the glamorous production of car as it's always featured women and initially they were scantily clad although always tastefully done by top for told vs times have of cost changed and this year the italian photographer paolo city snaps hollywood stars like emma watson kristen stewart. in a tribute to shakespeare's heroine judi dench. photographer up out of n.c. and it's modeled swank the red carpet during the presentation of the new pirelli calendar and verona. for the 2020 edition the photographer was looking for a modern jury yet right here and romeo and juliet hometown. paid actresses took part in a fictional audition for the lead role and shakespeare's romantic tragedy. to

convert them into this story is still relevant for young people today so that's why i was interested in that. every young woman today can very easily identify with juliet. politico says she puts him into the. 19 year old american actress jr said he read william shakespeare's tragedy several times in school. my copy of your own manchuria has so many notes in it you can barely see the original text and so it was fun to revisit all the notes that i left to think about what passed. and then the other part of it was just like how was i going to embody juliet. is joined by fellow american actress kristen stewart. and british actresses clarify. and i watched.

them and studied english literature and is fascinated. by romeo and juliet. for me it's so much about 1st love and it's about how. poor they feel feelings are. can be so. tender and painful. the photo shoots took place in paris and corona the city of romeo and juliet tourists come here from around the world couples promise each other eternal love under joyous famed balcony. of their own there was a bit of nostalgia for me homesickness for italy for verona the opera and that is music. music and even. for the 1st time a short film has been released along with the calendar it compiles interpretations of chewing it by the age actress and. the calendar itself

is a $132.00 page book illustrator with $58.00 photos. the actual dates are only printed on the book's cover the calendar function takes 2nd place leaving the stage to the many faces of the modern juliet. the french artist 1st studied architecture but soon switched her attention to sculpture as she preferred the physicality of working with her hands today she is renowned for her elaborate forest sculptures made out of simple cardboard which can represent all sorts of emotions to the arm look up perhaps fear or danger but on the other hand maybe an icky or freedom to decide for yourself. french artist virginal spout took the forest a magical place of myths and fairy tales and made it her own. or was

a performer 1st found the artist. just because if it did we saw my 1st work i took a picture from a newspaper it was a father teaching his son how to shoot she said in a very loving way. and behind them was a big forest so when i started working on the piece i started with the forest. floor and i immediately knew no 7 you only need the forest without anyone in it we have proof and that's how it all started so it was like to apply and they might. 2 2 say this will be easy to create landscapes and places that i'm real places that you want to get lost and that you question at the same time that's an extremely powerful theme with a connection to childhood and a fairy tale is that it's

a place where you get lost and then find yourself again to look at also better. as the original spans forests and fantasy worlds are made from cardboard material that's sustainable cheap and easy to work with. started to work with cardboard because i wanted to do lao scale it's the lay sharon and i was looking for foreign material that i could transform. a lot and that i didn't respected at the same time you know you can use it and then it doesn't work you throw it away you start again if i start doing this in mood or in metal or in another material it would not take me 3 months but probably 3 years. in 2016 span realized a dream of hers she created an architectural artwork inspired by traditional panoramas of the 18th century inside is a $360.00 degree forest relief it's outside walls nearing the far side of the paris

new floor it was response breakthrough as an artist. now she's made her debut in germany in the city of causes lot of. woman director of the fights gallery discovered the artist at a french gallery. by cosine of often found i was fascinated by her work right away the artist deals with the theme that is very important to our region and also the pohlad and that's the part that not far as she uses a material that's modest and that can be recycled recycling much. the eco friendly material allows erosional span to create landscapes that are sometimes fantastical sometimes reminiscent of ancient greece every time i have this kind of new ideas and i start drawing down i know that the harbor green respond very well to all my ideas and so i'm going on with this material evolution spans worlds made of

cardboard or magical powerful definitely. mall stories on arts and culture on our website at v.w. dot com slash culture as is this program should you have met. it's possible to get a lot sold for now thanks very much watching about until next time popeye. after. he goes out for.

a young education in nairobi is fighting for the environment. the artificial hair she uses is made from the plant something so instead of plastic. she cultivates the plant herself. being all against eco friendly benefits eco africa. 30 minutes on w. o. d 2 you know that 77 percent. are younger than thinks of hot. cuts me and me and you. and you know what it's time of course is hard. on the 77 percent to talk about the issue. this is where you cut.

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