Cannes Market Dailies

The American Pavilion’s discussions and one-on-one in conversations take place in the Roger Ebert Conference Center and are open to all AmPav members. 

WOMEN IN ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS: A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN’S WORK AT CANNES

12:30PM

FILM PANEL: LEAVE NO TRACE

2:00PM

Filmmaker Debra Granik and her collaborators discuss their film Leave No Trace, screening in Director’s Fortnight, with Sundance’s Anne Lai.

●      Debra Granik / writer/director

●      Anne Rosellini / writer/producer

●      Anne Harrison / producer

●      Moderated by Anne Lai / Sundance

INDUSTRY IN FOCUS: CASTING: WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS

3:00PM

CSA hosts a panel moderated by Keith Simanton from IMDb where leading casting directors and talent agents discuss strategies to get the very best cast for your project.

●      Constance Demontoy, CSA France

○      French casting director: cast Knife + Heart (2nd film of director Yann Gonzalez which is part of the Official Selection for Cannes 2018).

●      Nicci Topping CDA CSA UK

○      Cast: Northern Soul, The Black Prince and her commercials work includes casting the pre-fall campaign for Gucci in 2017.

●      Luci Lenox CSA ICDN 

○      Her specialties are international productions shooting in Spain and

○      European co-productions

●      Laura Munsterhjelm Actors in Scandinavia, Sweden

○      Director and founder of Actors in Scandinavia. Actors include: Alicia Vikander, Rebecca Ferguson, Fares Fares, Peter Franzén, Laura Birn & Lena Endre

●      Nancy Bishop 

○      Emmy-nominated casting director: recent TV credits include 12 Monkeys (SyFy), Knightfall (A&E), and Lore (Amazon). Recent film credits include the soon to be released Ophelia, and past credits include, Snowpiercer, Mission Impossible IV, and Bourne Identity.

●      Vanessa Henneman -Henneman Agency 

●      Moderated by: Keith Simanton- Senior Film Editor of IMDb; commentary has appeared in: NPR, EW, NYT, USA Today, CNBC, Time Magazine, BusinessWeek, and is featured as an “Oscar Expert” on GoldDerby.com; Broadcast Film Critics Association member.

INDUSTRY IN FOCUS: VR AND STORYTELLING

4:30PM

Frank Patterson, President of Pinewood Studios Atlanta, leads a conversation with VR filmmakers about how this amazing new technology is taking storytelling to a whole new level.

●      Rodrigo Cerqueira / Movie Director, PANOGRAMMA, Jesus VR and 7 Miracles of Jesus 

●      Natalie Metzger / Vanishing Angle Producer / Credits: Thunder Road VR Projects: MatPat's Game Lab (Streamy Winner 2016), Global Gammer (First Long-form 8k, 360, VR video uploaded to YouTube) / 

●      Matt Miller / Vanishing Angle Owner, Producer / Credits: Thunder Road, We The Coyotes; VR Projects: MatPat's Game Lab (Streamy Winner 2016), Global Gammer (First Long-form 8k, 360, VR video uploaded to YouTube) 

●      Danilo Moura / Co-founder LOOT INTERACTIVE, Executive Producer of Buzz Aldrin: Cycling Pathways To Mars 

●      Moderated by Frank Patterson / President, Pinewood Studios Atlanta / Patterson is a studio executive, entrepreneur and higher education thought leader. He currently serves as President of Pinewood Atlanta Studios, the second largest purpose built film studio in North America, where the films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Passengers were produced, among others.

Post by: Anna Mancino