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She also directed a segment of HOPPER STORIES, produced by Didier Jacob and commissioned by ARTE for the first historical retrospective on Edward Hopper at The Grand Palais in Paris. Emailed promo codes are valid for two tickets for any movie, in any format, at any theater, at any time of day, are for one-time use, cannot be combined with other offers, and expire 30 days from the date they are sent (the specific expiration date will be noted in the Offer email).
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Her third feature THE POD GENERATION with Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor premiered opening night at the Sundance Film Festival 2023. She was a resident at the Nantucket Screenwriters Colony, the 2007 Sundance Screenwriters Lab, and the 2007 Sundance Directors Lab. At the 25th Independent Spirit Awards, held in 2010, Barthes was nominated for the Best First Screenplay for Cold Souls.
Barthes' second feature is Madame Bovary, an adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel of the same name to be released in 2014.
Barthes lives in the East Village of Manhattan with her partner, cinematographer Andrij Parekh, who filmed Cold Souls and Madame Bovary with Barthes.
Writer/Director, THE POD GENERATION
Sophie Barthes is a Franco-American award winning filmmaker, graduate of Columbia University, and alumna of the Sundance Screenwriters & Directors Lab.
Sophie’s directorial debut, COLD SOULS with Paul Giamatti and Emily Watson premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and then traveled to more than 30 international film festivals and was theatrically distributed by Samuel Goldwyn and nominated for 3 Independent Spirit Awards. She moved to New York in 2001 to attend the Columbia University School of the Arts.
Barthes' short filmHappiness, which tells the story of a woman who purchases a box of happiness and cannot decide if she should open it, was shown at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
The film was well-received and earned her a place in the Sundance Institute's Screenwriters Lab, where she began to write the screenplay for her first feature film, Cold Souls. It was released in August 2009, and starred Paul Giamatti as a fictionalized version of himself who decides to have his soul removed.
Barthes received artists' grants from the New York State Council on the Arts for both Happiness and Cold Souls, and both films received awards and nominations from numerous film festivals.
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The film, directed by Barthes, premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. Barthes had first begun to develop the idea for Cold Souls in 2005, after she had a dream about Woody Allen having his soul extracted. If you add a FanClub membership during your Fandango movie ticket purchase, your two free tickets will be delivered instantly at checkout.Her second feature MADAME BOVARY with Mia Wasikowska, Ezra Miller and Paul Giamatti, premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and internationally at the Toronto and London Film Festivals and went on to more than 20 international film festivals. It will be distributed theatrically in the US by Roadside Attractions & Vertical Entertainment and by Universal internationally.
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Sophie Barthes
Barthes was born in France and was raised in South America and the Middle East. Fandango may withdraw or modify this Offer at any time, in its sole discretion and without notice. Additional terms and conditions apply.