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The Screening Schedule for la Quinzaine

    All the information for the 55th Directors' Fortnight film selection is available on our website Download the screening schedule   Download the catalog 2023           ...

45 efp alumni celebrating premieres in cannes

EFP's EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS and PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE alumni with 32 titles at the Festival de Cannes 2023 PERDIDOS EN LA NOCHE by Amat Escalante (MEX, GER, DK, NL) European Film Promotion (EFP) and its member organisations are delighted to announce that 31 former participants of EFP's PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE programme from 15 countries and 14 SHOOTING STARS from 7 countries will be celebrating the premiere of their films in Cannes. The competition films Club Zero by Jessi...

The Festival de Cannes acknowledge all partners

On the occasion of issuing its e-catalog, the Festival de Cannes wishes to acknowledge all partners, both long-standing and recent, for their presence and contribution, their energy and expertise, which they are once again expending for the 76th Festival, starting on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.     The Festival de Cannes enjoys exceptional media coverage thanks to France Télévisions and Brut., it features the elegance celebrated by Chopard, l'Oréal Paris, Ke...

The new session of the Résidence of the Festival de Cannes

Since March 1st and until July 15th 2023, the Résidence of the Festival de Cannes has hosted 6 directors who, for four and a half months, receive personalised support in the writing of their screenplay for their first or second feature film. They will be in Cannes from May 16th to May 22nd. In 2023, the Festival de Cannes wishes to reaffirm its mission to support the creations of younger generations and transmit our passionate interest in films. The Résidence is one of the forem...

Unifrance’s 2023 “10 to Watch” in Cannes 10 rising talents to keep an eye on

  They have made a name for themselves in major international festivals in 2022 and will be on screens all over the world in 2023. They are the new faces of French cinema.  Selected for the excellence of their work by international journalists Rebecca Leffler (Screen International), Fabien Lemercier (Cineuropa), Elsa Keslassy (Variety) and Jordan Mintzer (The Hollywood Reporter), these 10 to Watch in 2023 embody the reinvigoration of French cinema through the freedom and singularity ...

Le Cinéma de la plage under the stars

  © Cinéma de la Plage © Maxence Parey   Underground  Emir Kusturica   1995, 2h47, former Yugoslavia ...

Cannes Classics program revealed with memories of Godard

         ©Philippe R. DOUMIC_GAMMA-RAPHO   We might introduce these credits by speaking them, like Him in the opening of Contempt: it's Film History at the Festival de Cannes...   There's Wim Wenders's "Room 666" revisited in 2023 by a young director...  There's Liv Ullmann and Paul Rassam... There are two resplendent Ozus... Man Ray is put to music by Jim Jarmush and Carter Logan... &nbs...

The Jury of the 76th Festival de Cannes unveiled!

  Ruben Ostlünd © Julien Lienard / Getty Images - Julia Ducournau © Stephane Cardinale – Corbis / Getty Images  - Damián Szifrón © Gabriel Machado - Rungano Nyoni © Gabriel Gauchet - Denis Ménochet © Sabine Villiard - Maryam Touzani © Lorenzo Salemi - Atiq Rahimi © Frédéric Stucin - Brie Larson © Randy Holmes / Getty Images -&...

Michael Douglas will receive the Honorary Palme d'or of the 76th Festival de Cannes

The Festival de Cannes awarded it to Forest Whitaker, Agnès Varda, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jodie Foster or Manoel de Oliveira. Michael Douglas will receive the Palme d'or d'honneur at the 76th Festival de Cannes, in recognition of his brilliant career as well as his engagement for cinema. The Festival de Cannes will pay a tribute to him during the Opening Ceremony broadcasted live on France 2 and internationally on Brut. Tuesday, May 16. © Gareth Cattermole / Getty Im...

Jury announced for Un Certain Regard at the 76th Festival de Cannes

John C. Reilly © Kirk MacKoy / Getty Images - Alice Winocour © Aurélie Lamachère - Émilie Dequenne © Delphine Ghosarossian - Paula Beer © Christian Hartmann - Davy Chou © Julien Lienard Following last year’s Italian director, actress and producer Valeria Golino, this year American actor John C. Reilly is set to preside over the Un Certain Regard Jury, together with French director and screenwriter Alice Winocour, German actress Paula Beer, F...

The American Pavilion Announces Its Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival

https://www.ampav.com/ Celebrating its 26th edition, The American Pavilion announces the 2023 Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the forthcoming Cannes Film Festival. 38 short films comprise this year’s Showcase, with 22 projects featuring women filmmakers. The selected films are divided into the following categories: Student Short Films, Student Documentaries, Emerging Filmmaker Short Films, Emerging Filmmaker Documentaries, Emerging Filmmaker LGBTQ Showcase Films and an Alumni Showc...

Actress Anaïs Demoustier, President of the 76th Festival de Cannes Caméra d'or Jury

Following Rossy de Palma in 2022, this year French actress Anaïs Demoustier will preside over the Caméra d'Or Jury of the 76th Festival de Cannes. The Caméra d’Or goes to one of all the debut feature films presented in Official Selection and in parallel sections. The emotion of beginnings, youth as a source of inspiration, freshness as a force of conviction: these are the energies celebrated by the Festival de Cannes when awarding its Caméra d'Or, a...

What are the best festivals in the world: this is what ChatGPT could "say"

There are numerous film festivals around the world, ranging from small, local events to large, international ones. Some of the most prestigious and well-known film festivals in the world include: Cannes Film Festival - held annually in Cannes, France, this is one of the oldest and most prestigious film festivals in the world. It showcases a diverse selection of films from around the world and awards prizes to the best films in various categories. Sundance Film Festival - held an...

A bit of Cannes history

The Cannes Film Festival, also known as Festival de Cannes, is an international film festival held annually in Cannes, France. It was founded in 1946 and has since become one of the most prestigious and widely publicized film festivals in the world. The festival was the brainchild of Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, who wanted to create an international cultural event to rival the Venice Film Festival, which had been established in 1932. The first Cannes Film Festival was or...

Wim Wenders' ANSELM will have its world premiere in Cannes

  Wim Wenders' ANSELM celebrates its world premiere at the 76th Cannes International Film Festival   Cannes International Film Festival, which will take place from May 16 to 27, 2023, has announced its program in further sections this week. The films of the Sélection Officielle have been published, and Un Certain Regard, Quinzaine des Réalisateurs and the Semaine de la Critique have also announced their selection. Germany is represented in the Séances Sp&eacu...

Directors' Fortnight 2023 selection

  Julien Rejl, Artistic Director of the Directors' Fortnight, has revealed the Selection of its 55th edition. "The Directors’ Fortnight was born when a community of directors came together with the desire to create an independent space that would encourage the emergence of free filmmaking regardless of geographical provenance or any other limiting criteria. At the heart of the creation of the Directors’ Fortnight was the singular quality of a work of art and the impos...

PIERRE ANGÉNIEUX TRIBUTE to BARRY ACKROYD and ANGÉNIEUX SPECIAL ENCOURAGEMENT to HAYA KHAIRAT

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 Barry Ackroyd on Angénieux optics Throughout my Documentary and super 16mm film making I shot mostly with the famous Angenieux 10 to 1 zoom lenses and at times 15-150mm. These were my standard kit . Always on the camera ready to pick up and shoot. I worked in more than 50 countries in all conditions and they never let me down.  Shortly after the unbeatable Angenieux 24mm – 290mm zoom came out in the mid 2000’s… it’s on every one of my jobs, often...

Fortnight 2023 : A conversation with Quentin Tarantino May 25!

In 1969, in Cannes, the Directors’ Fortnight was born, a counter-programming of free-spirited films from all over the world. In 1969, in California, a new generation of filmmakers rose against old Hollywood. Of this, Quentin Tarantino has recently published a captivating analysis in a critical essay on 1970s cinema. As an exceptional and generous cinephile, Tarantino is at home at the Fortnight. He will be our guest this year to present a secret screening ...

Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi will chair the Cannes Short film and La Cinef Jury

  Photo © Ildyko Enyedi © Claude Medale - Getty Images / Karidja Touré © Matthieu Dortomb / Ana Lily Amirpour © Myrna Suarez / Shlomi Elkabetz © DR / Charlotte Le Bon © Matthieu Delbreuve Flanked by Ana Lily Amirpour, Charlotte Le Bon, Karidja Touré and Shlomi Elkabetz, the Hungarian director and screenwriter Ildikó Enyedi will award the Short Film Palme d'or and the 3 La Cinef prizes for student films in the Officia...

Legendary Howard Shore special guest of the SACEM Music Lesson 2023 at the Cannes Film Festival

Since 2018, the Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publisher is an institutional partner of the Cannes Film Festival to promote film scores and composers.   Sacem is organising the "Music Lesson" that will be given this year by Howard Shore, a leading composer of the Seventh Art. His Music Lesson will be an opportunity to share his experiences and go behind the scenes of his works. It will take place on May 22t at 4:30 pm (Palais des Festivals, Buñuel roo...

La Semaine de la Critique 7 features selected for the 62nd edition

FEATURE FILMS IN SELECTION Feature Films Il pleut dans la maison BELGIUM / FRANCE Paloma Sermon-Daï Inshallah waladInshallah a boy| Inchallah un fils JORDAN / FRANCE / SAUDI ARABIA / QATAR Amjad Al Rasheed Jam Sleep SOUTH KOREA Jason Y...

La Semaine de la Critique unveils its short films selection

  Ten short films in competition and three in special screening compose the selection of the 62nd edition. SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION Arkhé MEXICO Armando Navarro Boléro FRANCE Nans Laborde-Jourdàa Contadores SPAIN Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe Corpos Cin...

Pixar Animation Studios returns to Cannes with Elemental, to be the “Last Screening”

Elemental ©2023 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved.   Pixar Animation Studios are back at the Festival de Cannes on May 27th for the world premiere of their all-new feature film Elemental. Presented Out of Competition, the film will be released in theaters on June 16 in the United States and on June 21 in France. Elemental is the fourth feature film from Pixar Animation Studios to be presented in the Official Selection, after Up, Inside Out and So...

Deneuve graces the official poster of the 76th Festival de Cannes

Actress Catherine Deneuve is standing on Pampelonne beach, near Saint-Tropez, for the shooting of La Chamade by Alain Cavalier, adapted from the novel by Françoise Sagan. She plays Lucile, who leads a worldly and superficial life, tinged with ease and a taste for luxury. Her heart beats frantically, hurriedly, passionately. Like the heart of cinema that the Festival de Cannes celebrates every year: its lively and embodied pulse can be heard everywhere. The heart of the 7th Art - of its ...

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