Actress Malin Akerman will be host of the Ischia Global Fim & Music festival press conference at the Italian Pavillon on the Croisette (42, la croisette)
fest21.com will upload video excerpts from the conference
Swedish-actress Malin Akerman (Watchman) and Italian-actress Martina ...
It may seem a bit too soon to even start thinking about the Sundance Film Festival, while still in the whirlwind of Cannes, yet plans are already in the making for this independent movie festival held every January in Utah. Celebrating their 26th year, Sundance is on the quest of finding new talent with the goal of coming back "fresher" every year. Held at the American Pavilion, Sundance Film Director, John Cooper and Program Director, Trevor Groth, discussed the ever-changing world o...
Cannes Festival and Marche du Film have announced a deal to partner with Argentina's INCAA film institute on a major new Latin American film market and confab named Ventana Sur (or South Window). The partnership is part of a move to export the Cannes brand and expertise abroad. The Ventana Sur will run Nov. 27-30 in Buenos Aires and will feature 50-60 screenings of new Latin American films as well as a meeting place for producers and a digital library of 200-300 films. For Argentina,...
Among the many people who flock to the festival each year are film students hoping to get their foot a little father into the door. Each year hundreds of film students apply to internships with various companies represented at the festival and the lucky ones are given an opportunity to expecience some of the magic and chaos of Cannes. I spoke with a few such students who were excited to share their experience in Cannes thus far with filmfestivals.com. Chr...
With director Ang Lee and stars Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton and Demetri Martin present, the premier of "Taking Woodstock" last night was an event not to be missed. While the film's mixed reviews were nothing short of extraordinary, on the contrary the crowd's response to the film was a pleasant one. It could have been the fact that it was my first premier and I was not used to sitting in an tuxedo for two hours while watching a film on 1969's Woodstock, but it plainly did not hold my...
48e Semaine de la Critique DIMANCHE 17 MAI 2009 ESPACE MIRAMAR 11h00 COMPETITION C’est gratuit pour les filles (France, 23’), Marie Amachoukeli & Claire Burger Adieu Gary (France, 1h15), Nassim Amaouche En présence du réalisateur, de Jean-Pierre Bacri et de Dominique Reymond 17h30 ...
Cannes, le 17 mai 2009 Créée en 1998 par Gilles Jacob, président du Festival de Cannes, la Cinéfondation aborde une nouvelle étape de son déploiement artistique avec une représentation très significative des anciens réalisateurs résidents, primés ou invités de l’Atelier dans les différentes sélections de Cannes 2009.La cohérence du dispositif CINEFONDATION tel qu’il a été pensé – la Sélection de films d’étudiants présentée au Jury, la Résidence et l’Atelier d...
In competition:
SpringFever by Lou Ye
Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold
Bright Star by Jane Campion-- Trailer Bright Star
Thirst by Park Chan Wook -- Trailer Thirst
A prophet by Jaques Audiard
Taking Woodstock by Ang Lee
Vengeance by Johnny To -- Trailer Vengeance
Kinatay by Brillante Mendoza
Looking for Eric by Ken Loach -- Trailer Looking for Eric
Antechrist by Lars Von Trier
Broken Embraces by Almodóvar
Vincere by Marco Bellochio -- Trailer Vincere
Inglourious Basterds by Quent...
PROGRAMME FOR SUNDAY MAY 17th 2009
COMPÉTITION - Grand Théâtre Lumière
8:30am and 7:30pm: VENGEANCE by Johnnie To – 1h48
4:30pm: KINATAY by Brillante Mendoza – 1h40
OUT OF COMPETITION - Grand Théâtre Lumière
7:45pm: L’ARMEE DU CRIME (The Army of crime) by Robert Guédiguian – 2h19 (Salle du soixantième)
11:30am and 10:30pm: AGORA by Alejandro Amenabar – 2h21
UN CERTAIN REGARD - Salle De...
In 2008, Bong Joon-Ho was a member of the trio directing Tokyo! which screened in Certain Regard, his co-filmmakers being Leos Carax and Michel Gondry. This year, Certain Regard has selected the Korean director's latest film, the suspenseful Mother. A widow, determined to prove that her son is innocent of the murder accusation leveled against him, single-mindedly pursues the real killer herself. Bong, whose monster movie The Host, which screened at Directors Fortnight in 2006, ...
Selected to screen in the Certain Regard section today, Samson and Delilah by Warwick Thornton is the first feature from the Australian filmmaker, and thus in competition for a Camera D’or. The title is taken directly from the Old Testament, which, in the film, refers to two adolescents growing up in an Aborigine community who find out how cruel the outside world can be. The two promising young actors, Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson drive this road movie through the outbac...
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...
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 at the film festival, today is a warm 24 degrees!...
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!...
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.
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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...
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...
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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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...
