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Mariam's Amazing Race to Cannes: Day 11 part 1

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I had a leisurely breakfast, chatting with a producer also staying at the college. Then I spent an hour packing my duffel bag to ship back to Cambodia and deciding what to carry with me for the rest of the trip. I decided to pay the $10 Euros for a taxi to the Palais. TNT is the sponsoring shipping company, so I trolleyed my duffel bag to the counter inside the market. It weighed in at 20 kilos - perfect! I told them the day before it might be 30 kilos, which they said would be fine for t...

Mariam's Amazing Race to Cannes: Day 10

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Finally a moment that wasn't perfect; I got off the bus one stop later than I wanted to and had to walk further to the Carlton. But if that's all that goes wrong, I figure I'm doing pretty good. It was perfect timing when I arrived to meet with one of the major studios about bringing US Box Office hits to Cambodia and they were able to see me right away. I walked back to the Palais and met some more distributors (is that getting boring yet?). I ate lunch and met more distributors. I had a...

After a rainy day, Cannes is heating up!

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                   After a rainy day at the film festival, today is a warm 24 degrees!...

Crazy on the Croisette

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 On a beautiful sunny Cannes day, most people packing the Croisette were smiling, sun bathing, savoring an ice cream cone, or busily heading to the Palais or one of the many grand hotels.  One street performer however was not having such a lovely time.  After throwing his white cats, he dashed after a passerby who had dared to take his photograph.  The crowd gathered, including a few camera men, as he demanded his payment.  Oh the theatrics on the Croisette!...

News from the Market: Tension with Russian Buyers

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According to Variety, Russian buyers are threatening to halt all business negotions if their demands to renegotiate deals struck before the financial crisis are not met.  The buyers are asking for up to 90% reductions on deals signed before the crisis.  Here in Cannes, Russian aquisition has ground nearly to a halt and the Russian distributers seem to be unyielding with their demands.   U.S. reactions to the situations are mixed and it is yet unclear what renegotiations will take place. ...

In competition: "Taking Woodstock" by Ang Lee

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About the film: Twelve years after his Best Screenplay award for Ice Storm, Ang Lee returns to the Croisette to present Taking Woodstock in Competition. It refers, of course, to the famed three days of love, peace, mud, and music which took place in 1969. Based on the book by Elliot Tiber and Tom Monte, Taking Woodstock : A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life, the film merely tells "a tiny piece of that story, from a little corner of unexpected joy that happened...

In competition: "A prophet" by Jacques Audiard

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About the film: Directed by Jacques Audiard, winner of the Best Screenplay in 1996 for Un héros très discret, A Prophet is the first French film to screen in Competition this year. Malik is a 19-year-old boy from a North African background sentenced to 6 years in prison. There, he falls in with a gang of Corsican inmates and gradually learns how to develop his own sphere of influence and power. Filmmaker Audiard, who received a César award in 2005 for The Beat That My Heart...

Programme : Saturday May 16TH

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COMPÉTITION  - Grand Théâtre Lumière 8:30am, 3:00pm and 6:30pm : UN PROPHETE (A Prophet)  by Jacques AUDIARD - 2h30 12:00 noon and 10:00pm : TAKING WOODSTOCK  by Ang LEE - 2h00 OUT OF COMPETITION  - Grand Théâtre Lumière 00:30am : NE TE RETOURNE PAS (Don’t Look Back)  by Marina De Van - 1h51 UN CERTAIN REGARD - Salle Debussy 11:30am and 4:45pm: SAMSON AND DELILAH  by Warwick THORNTON - 1h41 2:00pm and 10:00pm: MOTHER  by BONG Joon Ho - 2h09 ...

Certain Regard: "Police, Adjective" in Competition

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Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu, acclaimed in Cannes in 2006 for the much admired 12:08 East of Bucharest, that year's Caméra d'Or winner, will be presenting his latest, Police, Adjective, to an eager Certain Regard audience and jury. Porumboiu made his Cannes laureate debut by winning Cinéfondation Second Prize in 2004 for his short film A Trip to the City. About Police, Adjective,  he says, "I wanted to make a film about language and  its meaning, or rather, its...

In competition: "Thirst"

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About the film: Korean director Park Chan-wook is presenting his latest film, Thirst, in Competition today, five years after taking home the Grand Prix du Jury for Old Boy. This year's movie involves blood, and blood means vampires. A young priest has gone to Africa with the purest of intentions, to volunteer to test a new drug; however, an unexpected side effect of the treatment changes him into a vampire. When he returns home, his Catholic faith is sorely tested, as his thirst for blood nea...

In competition: "Bright Star" of Jane Campion

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About the film: On the third day of the Festival, the latest feature in Competition for the Palme d'Or is Bright Star by New Zealand director Jane Campion. A longtime habitué of the Croisette, Campion won the Festival's top award in 1993 with The Piano. Seven years earlier, her short film Skin had been given the Short Film Palme d'Or. At this 62nd Cannes event, Campion returns with the story of a torrid and tragic passion: the early 19th-century love affair between the great English romantic...

2009 Panel Directory

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  An abundance of panel discussions from various perspectives of the film industry are scheduled for the 2009 festival.   May 15- American Pavilion will host a discussion with Francis Ford Coppola, 5:30-7pmMay 16- Short Film Corner to host a conference entitled 'Focus on Scandinavian Short Film Industry', 4pm  May 17- American Pavilion will host a discussion with American directors in Cannes with panelists: Lynn Shelton ("Humpday"), Lee Daniels ("Precious"), Josh and Be...

Friendly Faces at the Short Film Corner

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     In our first interview with aspiring filmmakers, we spoke with Patricia DiSalvo Viayra and Mike Viayara.Hailing from Los Angeles, Patricia and Mike are the team behind 'Naked Sushi', which they have registered with the short film corner (so check it out!).  They are having a great time in Cannes, promoting their first film at their first festival.  They've found the atmosphere to be welcoming as fellow festival goers are eager to discuss projects and offer advice.  On the horizon, P...

"Inglorious Basterds" Movie Trailer

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Short Is More!-- Cannes Short Film Corner

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 Another great aspect of the Festival is the Short Film Corner, back for its 6th year and providing an opportunity for hundreds of aspiring and independent film makers to promote and screen their work.  In the corner their are 44 viewing booths and three screening rooms which can be reserved.   In addition to screening opportunities, the short film corner holds conferences in the afternoons and awards prizes to films in various categories.  They also serve coffee in an open space where one ...

"Spring Fever" Premiere

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 Last night, Director Lou Ye’s controversial film “SpringFever” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Taking place in Nanjing, China,the movie begins with the explicit sex scene between married man Wang Ping (WuWei)  andhis male lover Jiang Cheng (Qin Hao). His ‘secret’ affair is not assecret as he thought when he discovers that his wife Lin Xue (JiangJiaqi) has been having her husband followed by Luo Haitao(ChenSicheng). After fighting with Wang at home, Lin makes a scene atJiang...

Cinema de la Plage 2009 Schedule

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 While the beach is chock full of sun bathers and sand castles by day, it is transformed into a unique cinema by night!  Lounge chairs are arranged in rows and viewers relax with their feet in the sand while watching a film on the large screen overlooking the ocean.   Last night's showing of Lawrence of Arabia was fairly well attended despite the impending rain as viewers came in and out durring the long film.  Free drinks and smoothies were also provided until 11.  Sweat shirts and blanke...

Red Carpet Transformation!

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        Besides the swarm of celebrities, directors, producers, paparazzi and onlookers, no award show or film festival would be complete without the Red Carpet. This legendary stretch of fabric which graciously leads guests from their flashy cars to the doors of the theatre, has become a character itself during these fine events. In a way, it has become somewhat of a celebrity, being present in the most glamorous of settings. Admiring it during the day it is easy to say that even bare...

Un certain regard: "Air Doll"

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Screening on the Certain Regard program, Air Doll brings Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda to the Cannes Festival for the third time. He first attracted attention in 2001 with Distance, and in 2004 his feature Nobody Knows was the winner of the Best Actor award. After Still Walking, recently released in France, Hirokazu Kore-eda continues his exploration of the mores of Japanese society. This time, however, the point of view is that of an inflatable doll, who suddenly takes on l...

"No One Knows About Persian Cats" opens Certain Regard

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The section Certain Regard opens today with the presentation of No One Knows About Persian Cats by Bahman Ghabadi. The Iranian director gained international acclaim in Cannes in 2000 for his first feature film, A Time for Drunken Horses, which won the Camera d'Or award. He’s back this year with a portrait of Tehran, shot in a rush and without authorization, a story of Iranian youth fighting against repression and being bullied around. As his two heroes, underground musicians, desperately tr...

"Victim" selected to open this year's Cannes Classics

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Cannes Classics, the program dedicated to landmark films of the past which have had a profound impact on film history, opens today in the Salle Buñuel with the presentation of a brand-new print of Victim, a 1961 feature by the British director Basil Dearden. Dirk Bogarde plays a successful English barrister whose thriving career is threatened when he receives a desperate call from Barrett, a young man he was close to in the past, and who is now the target of a blackmailing ring. The second feat...

In competition: "Fish Tank"

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About the film: Fish Tank, the second film by British director Andrea Arnold, is also her second ticket to the Croisette. On her last visit, in 2006, she went home with the Jury Prize for Red Road. Her latest, presented in Competition, is an intimate family chronicle. Heroine Mia is a rebellious teenager thoroughly disgusted by her family and surroundings. But the arrival of Connor, her mother's new boyfriend, will transform her vision of life. To make Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold put her...

In competition: "Spring Fever" of Lou Ye

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About the film Chinese director has braved a ban on his filmmaking imposed by censors in his own country to make Spring Fever. The feature, which screens In Competition today at Cannes, is the story of a torrid passion within a threesome composed of two men and a beautiful woman. The subject, still highly taboo in Asia, if not elsewhere, was a considerable obstacle to obtaining financing, according to the director, the veteran of two Palme d'Or Competitions, with Purple Butterfly ...

Festival Brings More Than Just Stars

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The season has finally kicked off with the arrival of the 62nd annual Festival de Cannes, adding even moreexcitement to the already lively Croisette. As the air is filled with anticipation, fans anxiously crowd around hotels such as Martinez, Majestic, and the Carlton in hopes of catching a glimpse of the stars.Elizabeth Banks, from 2008's hilarious comedy, Role Models, graced the streets of Cannes with her prescence, causing a frenzy of paparazzi and fans.  The famous French actor/composer, C...

Cannes: Program for friday 15th

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COMPETITION  - Grand Théâtre Lumière 8:30am, 3:00pm and 7:30pm : BRIGHT STAR 2h00 by Jane CAMPION 11:30am – 7:30pm : BAK-JWI (Thirst) 2h13 by PARK Chan-Wook UN CERTAIN REGARD - Salle Debussy 11:00am : POLITIST, ADJECTIV 1h55 (Police, adjective) by Corneliu PORUMBOIU 2:00pm et 10:30pm : PRECIOUS 1h49 by Lee DANIELS SPECIAL SCREENINGS  Salle Debussy 7:45pm: THE RED SHOES 2h16 de Michael POWELL, Emeric PRESSBURGER presented by Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoon...

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