Ljubljana 2007

"Just About Love?" — FIPRESCI Prize to Lola Doillon

At the 18th edition of the Ljubljana International Festival in the capital of Slovenia, headed for the first time by former critic Simon Popek, our prize went to the French film Just about love? (Et toi, t'es sur qui?), first feature by Lola Doillon, daughter of the well-known French director Jacques Doillon. Like many films of her father, Lola Doillon chose to deal with youth, through a group of teenagers obsessed by losing their virginity. The FIPRESCI Jury was above all touched by its freshness, its energetic young actors and actresses and its humorous way to point out social issues. At a symposium organized by the "Ekran" magazine, a rag-tag group consisting of a Brit (Neil Young), an American (Gabe Klinger), an Austrian (Christoph Huber), a Filipino (Alexis Tioseco), and an Australian (Adrian Martin) came forward with their proposals on independent cinema..

Ljubljana International Film Festival, November 7-21, 2007, www.liffe.si
FIPRESCI Prize: Just About Love? (Et toi, t'es sur qui?) by Lola Doillon (France, 2007). Details

Reports

Because You’re Young. Léo Soesanto was attracted by two movies, Just About Love (French) and Analog Days (American) that both deal with teenagers in an honest, energetic and refreshing way.
Poetic Post-mortem. Nil Baskar praises the Ljubljana Festival for having the courage to screen Lav Diaz's 9-hour 'pure cinema' epic, Death in the Land of Encantos (although he criticizes the venue) and evaluates the film's vital position in contemporary cinema.
Six Points on Independent Cinema. Gabe Klinger refers to a Ljubljana conference on artistic and commercial independence in filmmaking and quotes the summation given by the Australian critic Adrian Martin who outlined six points of independent cinema.

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