Unifrance gathered more than 70 personalities for an exceptional red carpet on May 20th, during the 72nd Festival de Cannes. This delegation was made up of artists, producers, directors, agents, sales agents, among all those who contribute to making French cinema shine in the world.
The personalities on the red carpet included:
Catherine Alméras - Directrice d...
For 12 days, the 72nd edition of the Festival de Cannes has celebrated artists and films from different perspectives, making cinema a celebration of discovery and reunions shared all around the world. Tonight, on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière, Édouard Baer, the Master of Ceremonie, welcomed the Feature Films Jury headed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu to announce the 2019 Awards.
PALME D'OR (UNANIMITY)
GISAENGCHUN...
press conference
There was great appreciation all along the panel today at the press conference for Dexter Fletcher's new Elton John biopic titled Rocketman. The film features upcoming stars Taron Egerton, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Richard Madden. Before the release of the film, many people made various assumptions about comparing its theme to that of Bohemian Rhapsody from last year. But today, director Dexter Fletcher and lead actor Taron Egerton...
"Cannes is not mine, Cannes is made by everyone, a lot of organizations, a lot of people..."
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It Must Be Heaven: Elia Suleiman's Quirky Premiere Wowed Cannes Audience
(It Must Be Heaven Premiere, Elia Suleiman, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019)
By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER
I was lucky to watch the premiere of Elia Suleiman's glorious film with the director, cast and crew in the main theater. There was plenty of applause to go around, which was no shock to me. It Must Be Heaven world premiered in the Grand Theatre Lumiere was an entertainin...
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A LIFE IN SOUNDTRACK
Through this event organized with the Cannes Film Festival, Sacem distinguishes a personality (documentary filmmaker, filmmaker, journalist, director of institution or director of phonographic collection) for his commitment to film music and composers.
This year, Sacem and the Cannes Film Festival wish to pay tribute to Bertrand Tavernier.
On this occasion, Bertrand Tavernier...
Best moments cptured on camera, my personal best was the red carpet for Boyz n the Hood, a second tim for me in Cannes, this time opening the floor to Justice Singleton, John singleton's oldest daughter.
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"Bruno you changed my life the way you changed my dad's life, you have to know that !"
Can you think of any sweeter thank you? Amazing!
I organized this beautiful day of homage to John Singleton with her daughter in Cannes with the same passion I did for the launch in Cannes, knowing that everything we would do now would resonate dearly for her.
Walk along the croisette, the Carlton...scouting the spots where pictures with her dad had been taken...
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"She's the light"… "She's the heartbeat of the movie". Margot Robbie explains her role to NYTimes critic Farah Nayeri as Sharon Tate in ‘Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood' by Quentin TARANTINO at the press conference at Cannes. "That's how Quentin explained it to me". And that must be why she hardly has any speaking lines in the film. Robbie defended the film by explaining her role was not so much words as emotions. That she d...
“Mektoub” from Abdellah Kechiche’s new film Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo on the trail of "Mektoub, My love: Canto Uno" has a complex meaning in Arabic ("written") but one cannot help but notice that letters and the pronunciation of "ME k TOU b" are found in #METOO. Kechiche took his time to answer questions at the press conference of his new film at Cannes. He chastised journalists for their "inferior cameras" (cellphones) and ask...
Elle Fanning
The jury members for the 72:e Festival de Cannes were unanimously taken in by Palme d’Or winner The Parasite by South Korean director BONG Jo ho.
Atlantics by French filmmaker Matti Diop, according to Italian jury member Alice Rohrwacher, last year's best screenplay award winner for Happy as Lazzaro , won the heart of the jury, a film about men and young boys who die at sea and the women they leave behind at shore.
Although the awards this year were given to...
For 12 days, the 72nd edition of the Festival de Cannes has celebrated artists and films from different perspectives, making cinema a celebration of discovery and reunions shared all around the world. Tonight, on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière, Édouard Baer, the Master of Ceremonie, welcomed the Feature Films Jury headed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu to announce the 2019 Awards.
PALME D'OR (UNANIMITY)
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Prizes awarded by La Semaine de la Critique's Jury
Ciro Guerra, president of the jury
Amira Casar, Marianne Slot, Djia Mambu & Jonas Carpignano
Nespresso
Grand Prize
J'AI PERDU MON CORPS (I LOST MY BODY) by Jérémy Clapin
Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson for HVÍTUR, HVÍTUR DAGUR (A WHITE, WHITE DAY) by Hly...
Un Certain Regard 2019 presented 18 films in competition. 9 of them were first films. The Opening film was LA FEMME DE MON FRERE by Monia Chokri.
Under the presidency of Nadine Labaki (director and actress, Lebanon), the Jury was comprised of Marina Foïs (actress, France), Nurhan Sekerci-Porst (producer, Germany), Lisandro Alonso (director, Argentina) and Lukas D...
The Festival de Cannes Film Week in Hong Kong - K11 MUSEA, Victoria Dockside from 12-17 November 2019 © RR
Pierre Lescure, President of the Festival de Cannes and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate, join forces with Adrian Cheng, founder of K11 Group and Executive vice-Chairman of New World Development, to bring the essence of the world’s most prestigious film festival to Hong Kong with the Festival de Cannes Film Week.
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The spirit of the Festival lives on! From May 24, a series of events will be bringing Official Selection films to Paris' cinemas as well as in Rennes, Nantes, Lyon and Toulouse. An incredible opportunity for movie lovers to discover the films at almost exactly the same time as the festival-goers in Cannes – and in some cases several months before they are released in cinemas.
CANNES IN PARIS, RENNES, NANTES, LYON AND TOULOUSE
FRIDAY 24 TO SUNDAY 26 MAY - IN PATH&E...
“I found a description that was good, I don't know how I composed the character, but for me it was more like a decomposition of the character.” This is what actress Virginie Efira mentioned this morning while explaining how she prepared to play her role in last night’s premiere film Sibyl.
The film follows a therapist, played by Efira, who chooses to quit her job to pursue her longtime aspiration of writing a hit novel. Just before she quits, she decides ...
The Queer Palm award for the 72:e Festival de Cannes went to Céline Sciamma's "Portrait of a Woman on Fire" in a ceremony presided over by jury president Virginie Ledoyen, the first time a woman has won the award in the feature film category.
In the 10 year history of the Queer Palm founded by Franck Finacne Maduiera, this competition is gaining in importance and widely supported by the Cannes festival that provides passes for the jury to attend the diverse selectio...
REST IN PEACE JOHN IT WAS AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU
It was also amazing to be able to walk your daugther in Cannes on your footsteps, honoring your career.
Check the video of that amazing day!
I am also very proud of my contribution to the international success of the film starting with a blast in cannes, and a marketing campaign designed with our french touch (eventually exported for the other Sony territories) ! It is the only time in my career in film where I have been abl...
Happy to have Stallone revive my memory lane! I had so much fun organising the premiere of Cliffhanger in Cannes for the Amfar Charity event at Hotel du Cap in 1993 (with Liz Taylor as chairwoman).
My team had organized among other crazy things 5 climbers coming down from the roof of the Palais with ropes, Eye of Tiger music on the red carpet ...and as a nice conclusion to the evening: Sly telling my "Best day in my Life" stills echoes in my head.
He will be back o...
Alain Delon gave a teary-eyed acceptance speech for his Honorary Palme d' Or at a ceremony at the Grand Salle on May 20. He was accompanied by his daughter Anouchka Delon who introduced him before he came up to the podium. Delon relied on her support and she in turn helped him through what appeared to be for him a difficult and humbling experience.
In his acceptance speech the 83 year old veteran French actor said he would be leaving his fans amidst protests from the audience who ...
A whole 37 years after the release of Rambo - First Blood in 1987, Sylvester Stallone himself returned back to the Croisette on friday to promote his new film Rambo V - Last Blood, which will be releasing this coming Fall.
The last time Stallone was featured on the Red Carpet in Cannes, it was for the premiere of his hit film Cliffhanger. The action flick star was honored last night with special screening of Ted Kotcheff’s Rambo - First Blood in the Grand Thé...
(Parasite Press Conference, Bong Joonho, Song Kangho and cast, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019)
By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER
Parasite, the new exceptional film from Korean auteur Bong Joonho, is a strong contender for the coveted Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Audiences were brought to laughter, silence, shock, contemplation and back around again by this remarkable piece of cinema. The cast clearly enjoyed the time they spent with Bong ...
(Lina Wertmüller, Cannes Classics, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019)
By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER
Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmüller made movie history in 1977 when she became the first woman nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for her 1975 film Pasqualino Settebellezze (Seven Beauties). It starts off making you laugh and then progresses through an array of emotions before finally hitting you so hard that if the tears aren'...
