hello and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture coming up in the next quarter of. this year's legendary pirelli calendar features hollywood stars posing as modern versions of shakespeare's juliet. bringing the forest into a. french artist a visual spiles many believe it or not from kabul. bots we begin 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 and more and yoko said that for most of the heavyweights in the running polanski's film is

historical talking about the dreyfus affair and most of us is semi autobiographical and the most of course has this incredible restoration which has already won his lead actress coleman and. let's have a look at those 3 top favorites for the top of. because there's an element you just have to have an example if you don't snitch to do so you're. going to look at what was punctured enough to listen to somebody. your kids are spilling the kids to do. they were going to. think it was i just it was telling people to get me going to stop it seemed to give a new way that said you need support. so. little

or no. so some strong contenders that there's also a german film with a chance for best film that's why and dive straight into that one this is system crash directed by nora fing shite it's about 9 euro 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 actor category this is good in the man it's about a singer who's also a joint cold excavator operator who becomes an informant for the secret place in

communist east germany alexander she has been nominated as a best actor for that one now big controversy centers around polanski's film an office the spawn spy and combined with. me to confront the nomination of prince his film came the day after i knew right allegation was made against the director allocation relating to the in 1975 there were protests at the premiere of the film in france where it has the title jack cruz and protesters wielded jack polanski signs 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's up for the best film so polanski of course is still wanted in the u.s.

he pleaded guilty to statutory rape of a teen year old schoolgirl in 1977 and then fled the country because he feared a prison sentence so things could get a bit political it was sermon in 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 past star trek to cats grey he's up against selling. 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 slope lesbian romance between an 18th century painter played by no amy . the dark lady here and reluctance it's a dead now both of these actresses are jointly nominated for best actress

and if. she could be expected to say something about me to all 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 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 i'm well known marketing to a company whose main business is the 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 course changed and this year the italian photographer

paolo vast sea snaps hollywood stars like emma watson kristen stewart and claire following in a tribute to shakespeare's heroine juliet. photographer pound over the sea and his model sparked the red carpet during the presentation of the new pirelli calendar and verona. for the 2020 edition the photographer was looking for a modern juliet right here in romeo and show us hometown. paid actresses took part in a fictional audition for the lead role and shakespeare's romantic tragedy. can put them into this story is still relevant for young people today. that's why i was interested in that. every young woman today can very easily identify with juliet. puts you into this. 19 year old american actress you are said he read william

shakespeare's tragedy several times in school. my copy of romeo and juliet 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 and 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. me it's so much about love and it's about how. poor they feel feelings are. can be. 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 faint balcony. of their own there was a bit of nostalgia for me homesickness for italy for verona the opera and that is music. music of even. for the 1st time a short film has been released along with the calendar it compiles interpretations of joining it by the 8 actresses. the calendar itself is a $132.00 page book illustrated 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 jury yet. the french artist 1st studied architecture but soon switched her attention to

sculpture as she preferred the physicality of working with. today she is renowned for a lab or it for a sculpture is 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 add a key or freedom to decide for yourself. french artist version of spawn took the forest a magical place of myths and fairy tales and made it her own. or was it the forest that 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 fart so when i started working on the piece i started with the forest. floor

and i immediately knew no you only need the forest without anyone in it and that's how it all started sicko's i. 2 2 said this will be easy to create landscapes and places that i'm real places that you want to get lost in and that you question at the same time and that's an extremely powerful theme with a connection to childhood and the fairy tale it's a place where you get lost and then find yourself again to look at it was a better. version of sperms forests and fantasy worlds are made from cardboard material that's sustainable cheap and easy to work with. that is to work with cardboard because i wanted to do large scale installation and i was looking for a 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 rude or in metal or in another material it would not take me 3 months but probably 3 years. in 2016 just realized a dream of hers she created an architectural artwork inspired by traditional panoramas of the 18th century inside is a 360 degree forest relief its outside walls mirroring the far side of the paris new floor it was just past break through as an artist. now she's made her debut in germany in the city of causes lot of. little blue monday rector of the fights discovered the artist at a french gallery. by cosine often found i was fascinated by

her work right away and the artist deals with a feeling that is very important to our region and also the polarity and that's the platinum forest she uses a material that's modest and that can be recycled recycling my. eco friendly material allows international 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 car burglary respond very well to all my ideas and so i'm going on with this material. as world's made of cardboard are magical powerful and definitely thought for. more stories on arts and culture on our websites at d.w. dot com slash culture as is this program should you have met. possibly save again about soul for now thanks very much for watching i don't tell the next.

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