Robert Frank, best known for his groundbreaking book, “The Americans,” had a visually raw and personally expressive style that made him one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. He was also the iconoclastic film director of Pull My Daisy and Cocksucker Blues (starring the Rolling Stones); a difficult (almost impossible) interview subject; a rejecter of wealth and celebrity; a man whose ‘sympathies were with people who struggled,’ who has a ‘mistrust of people who made the rules’. Laura Israel cut her teeth editing award-winning commercials and music videos. Her client list included: John Lurie, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Keith Richards, Sonic Youth, New Order, Ziggy Marley, David Byrne, artists Laurie Simmons and Robert Frank.
ROBERT FRANK. Don’t Blink
Robert Frank, best known for his groundbreaking book, “The Americans,” had a visually raw and personally expressive style that made him one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. He was also the iconoclastic film director of Pull My Daisy and Cocksucker Blues (starring the Rolling Stones); a difficult (almost impossible) interview subject; a rejecter of wealth and celebrity; a man whose ‘sympathies were with people who struggled,’ who has a ‘mistrust of people who made the rules’. Laura Israel cut her teeth editing award-winning commercials and music videos. Her client list included: John Lurie, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Keith Richards, Sonic Youth, New Order, Ziggy Marley, David Byrne, artists Laurie Simmons and Robert Frank.
On the Road Film Festival | Awards 2017
Please find below the official list of the OTRFF 2017 Awards, Prizes and Special Mentions
DOLPHIN MAN | OTRFF5 > Out of Competition > Premiere
The third adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s book for cinema (after those of 1903 and 1910). A little girl walks along the countryside with her older sister, and before she falls asleep she runs into many animals (including a rabbit and a cat) that will be transfigured in her dream.
ANISSA 2002 > OTRFF5 > In Competition
France, 2002. Anissa is sixteen. Her parents are taking her in Morocco to meet her future husband. She doesn’t want to go. Taking advantage of a stop in a service area runs away. Q&A with director.
PUNK À CHIEN > OTRFF5 > In Competition
Joey, a 20-year-old guy, travels the roads of France with his dog. Someday, his dog is bitten. The wound does not heal. Q&A with director.
DOLPHIN MAN | OTRFF5 > Out of Competition > Premiere
There is a microphone and a turntable. There is a storyteller inspired by “Life”, Keith Richards’s Memoir. There is a guitar playing the blues – you can bet it – and there are few Rolling Stones vinyl lp’s. The soundtrack tells the moods while words play between meaning and rhythms. Words and songs follow and push with each other, creating a ride on the memorial prairies of the longest and most authoritative guitarist in rock history.
SHORTCUTS > OTRFF5 > In Competition > International Section for short film “On the Road”
ON THE ROAD FILM FESTIVAL > SHORTCUTS. International Competition Section for short film “On the Road”, Animated, musical video, experimental, narratives, documentary.
Three section from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
ISTANBUL ECHOES | OTRFF5 > In Competition
Street vendors, neighborhoods that change, demolition and rebuilding to create a “modern and clean” environment. An entire culture with its traditions threatened by gentrification.
DOLPHIN MAN | OTRFF5 > Out of Competition
Discover the story and legacy of free-diver Jacques Mayol, whose life became the inspiration for Luc Besson’s cult-movie “The Big Blue”. Dolphin Man draws us into the world of Jacques Mayol, capturing his compelling journey and immersing viewers into the sensory and transformative experience of free-diving. The film weaves together stunning contemporary underwater photography of the world’s leading free-divers with intimate testimonies of Mayol’s closest friends and rare film archive, to discover how the “dolphin man” brought a new consciousness to our relationship to the sea and to inner-selves.