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CANNES FESTIVAL BREAKING NEWS - SELECTION REVEALED THIS MORNING
Pierre Lescure and Thierry Frémaux : just for Fun : faces ! Just for our fun in Cannes: the selection watch the full presentation and practice your french! Opening film Jim JARMUSCH THE DEAD DON'T DIE Pedro ALMODÓVAR returns, with Dardenne Brothers, Lelouch...and many more returning with new comers.
Titles revealed so far include : La belle époque, Rocketman, Diego Maradona, Les plus belles années d une vie, too old to die young, thegangster the ccop the devil, for sama, share, etre vivant et le savoir, tommaso, family romance llc, the dead don't die, dolor y gloria, gisaenschung, le jeune ahmed, roubaix une lumière, nan fang che zhan de ju hui, Atlantique, Mathias et Maxime, Little Joe, Sorry we missed you, Les Misérables, Une vie cachée, Bacurau, La Gomera, Frankie, Portrait de la jeune fille en Feu, It must be Heaven, Sibyl...
Alain Delon © Harcourt In 2019, the Festival de Cannes has decided to award Alain Delon with an Honorary Palme d'or to pay tribute to his wonderful presence in the history of film. After Jeanne Moreau, Woody Allen, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jane Fonda, Clint Eastwood, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Manoel de Oliveira, Agnès Varda and Jean-Pierre Léaud, the Festival de Cannes is proud and delighted that the legendary actor who starred in Luchino Visconti's&nb...
Rare opportunity to brainstorm and exchange on the role of cinema in our society with Jacquess Attali, french renown economist and politician, founder of Positive Planet NGO, the head of Canal +, Institut Français, CNC, TV5 Monde and some directors and actors. Do NOT miss a bit from the conference on the Positive cinema week in Cannes produced by Positive Planet.
Mira Nair, director and producer, works on both documentaries and fiction, and feels just as at home in independant cinema as she does in the enigmatic world of Hollywood. In 1988, she became the first Indian filmmaker to take home a Camera d’Or. She also directed the first Disney film shot entirely on the African continent. Since 2004, through the Maisha Film Lab, she has been using her experience to help emerging filmmakers from around the world. For all of these reasons, the Fabrique Ci...
The official poster of the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival shows Agnès, in the bright sunlight! Agnès Varda returns once more to Caannes, all the way up on the poster, All the way up. As high as she could go. Perched on the shoulders of an impassive technician. Clinging to a camera, which seems to absorb her entirely. A yo...
President Ciro Guerra Colombia Ciro Guerra’s work throughout his 4 short films and 4 features is very personal; it conveys a new outlook on Colombia, witnessing a generation whose express will is to, once again, claim ownership of living spaces. “We grew up as prisoners of cities. Deeply violent, dangerous, poor cities with rampant inequalities. The current generation tries to return to these abandoned spaces and find in them a real identity.” After ...
The Dead Don’t Die, Jim Jarmusch’s new film, will be screened at the Opening, and in Competition – a world premiere! The 72nd Festival de Cannes will open with the Competition screening of Jim Jarmusch's new film, The Dead Don't Die. On Tuesday May 14th, on the screen of the Grand Théâtre Lumière, the film by the American director and screenwriter will be this year’s first Palme d'Or competition screening. In the sleepy small tow...
Claire Denis © C. Alvarez/Getty Images French filmmaker and screenwriter Claire Denis is to lead the Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury of the 72nd Festival de Cannes. Claire Denis will succeed Abderrahmane Sissako, Naomi Kawase, Cristian Mungiu and Bertrand Bonello. On Thursday May 23, along with her jury, she will award the three prizes of the Cinéfondation among the 17 film students’ works presented. On Saturda...
AFRICA Burkina Faso: Organisme Religieusement Modifié by Simplice Ganou — Documentary, second feature film Produced by Saoudah Carole Kafando / Tilé Fari Films Rwanda: Tanzanite by Kantarama Gahigiri — Fiction, second feature film Produced by Kivu Ruhorahoza/ PW Tunisia: Fouledh by Mehdi Hmili — Documentary, second feature film Produced by Moufida Fedhila/ Yol Film House LATIN AMERICA Argentina: Three Brothers&n...
Both naturalistic and transfigured, photographer Robert Schlaug’s picture evokes a road to travel as well as an acceleration, an eye movement. Between realism and digital artifact, the artist’s intervention disrupts codes and questions our perception, recalling the spirit of the films presented over the last 50 years by the Directors’ Fortnight. ...
Saturday 18 May, 9.30 - 11.30 (doors open at 9.10) organized by l'Observatoire européen de l'audiovisuel. Venue: Olympia cinema, 5 Rue de la Pompe, 06400 Cannes Join us in Cannes for this year's must-attend European Audiovisual Observatory cinema conference! We'll be asking just how today’s European films are financed: How is the fin...
The Carrosse d’Or will be awarded to John Carpenter during the 51st Directors’ Fortnight Opening Ceremony ...
Nadine Labaki's three feature films catapulted her to international fame, from the Festival de Cannes’ red carpet to the Oscars ceremony a few months ago. The director, actress and screenwriter's career was first launched on the Croisette, and it is here that all her films have been unveiled. "I remember back when I used to come to Cannes as a film student, I was so excited to experience the world's most prestigious festival," she stated. "Back t...
On the poster of this 58th Semaine de la Critique, Félix Maritaud, winner of the Louis Roederer Foundation Prize for Revelation, devotes himself to the goal of the photographer Aurélie Lamachère with the complicity of the agency "Les bons faisueurs". Captured in the blue hour, the actor is one with the disturbing character in search of love that he embodies in SAUVAGE, first feature film by Camille Vidal-Naquet presented in competition at the Cr...
L'Atelier 2019 © RR The Cinefondation’s Atelier hosts its fifteenth edition this year and will invite to the Festival de Cannes 15 directors whose projects have been considered particularly promising. Together with their producers, they will be able to meet potential partners, a necessary step to finish their project and start the making of their film. L’Atelier provides its participants access to international co-productions, thus accelerating the film&...
© Brigitte Lacombe Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu is to be President of the Jury of the 72nd Festival de Cannes, taking place in May 2019. “Cannes is a festival that has been important to me since the beginning of my career, he has declared. I am humbled and thrilled to return this year with the immense honor of presiding over the Jury. Cinema runs through the veins of the planet and this festival has been its heart. We o...
Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate of the Festival de Cannes and Christian Jeune, Director of the Film Department and Deputy General Delegate, have appointed Stéphanie Lamome as Artistic Advisor of the Film Department. Already a member of the selection committee, which includes eight peopl...
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Film i Väst Scandinavia’s leading film fund are proud co-producers of Jim Jarmusch’s THE DEAD DON’T DIE, which will open the festival. Film i Väst will present its festival line-up, upcoming co-productions, international releases and awards contenders. Filmmakers, talent and producers will be available for interviews. Film i Väst co-productions have received twelve Palme d’Or nominations and two wins, including THE SQUARE (Ruben Ös...
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Los Cabos International Film Festival in partnership with Marché du Film, Festival de Cannes is proud to present for the fourth time in a row, six Mexican films in Work in Progress stage from some of the country’s most promising filmmakers. These films are young spirited, bold, independent productions that look to connect with potential partners as producers, sales agents and festival programmers to enrich their current stage from this Goes to Cannes experience. Screening...
Fox Star Studios was launched in India in 2008 with a vision to make quality cinema. It is part of the Star TV group, Asia’s leading media and entertainment company. Since inception, we have worked with India’s biggest talent to produce critically acclaimed films that are appreciated across the world. In 2018, our films, the action entertainer ‘Baaghi 2’; and the biopic 'Sanju', have broken records world over. This year, we have an exciting line up of films th...
TriCoast Worldwide and Rock Salt Releasing have acquired several new films for worldwide distribution that we will be premiering at the Cannes FF. Completed Films: a film with both Academy Award winning Actor & Director a family film with major USA cast a teen ghost story based on an internationally known game Films in Production: We will be screening 30 minutes of finished animation for our family feature film, WATCH THE SKIES. We will be...
CANNES 2019 LINEUP PROXIMITY Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller Year: 2019 Synopsis: A young scientist working for NASA is abducted by extra terrestrials and captures it all on video. When no one believes him or the authenticity of the footage he becomes obsessed with fi...
Cannes 2019 Line Up from MoreFilms located at the German Films Pavillon (#122 - c/o Village International - Riviera) ...
TBS GLOWDIA (former CREi Inc.) is one of the most experienced distributors from Japan. Being a subsidiary of TBS (channel 6), our vast variety of contents includes movies, animations, varieties, documentary, drama, formats and more! Our online catalogue is available from the following website. http://www.crei.co.jp/ Please see below for our new lineup. -SMILES LEADING TO HAPPINESS (84 min / Drama) -IRON GIRL FINAL WARS (90 min / Action) -THIS OLD R...
Glass House Distribution will be attending the Marche du Film in Cannes @ Riviera, booth J8 May 14th - 22nd and presenting their ve catalog and newest acquisitions! ...
CANNES OFFICE: 45 Blvd de La Croisette, Résidence Le Grand Hotel, Entrance: Albatros, Buzzer #44, 4th Floor ...
HNFF WORLD SALES in CANNES booth: Riviera E16 | hnffworldsales.com HNFF World Sales is an international sales agent and part of the international division of the Hungarian National Film Fund. Formed in 2011, we distribute theatrical award winner arthouse and mainstream feature films in various genres, animated and live action short films and documentaries. ...
THE DUST WALKER Sci-fi Thriller - Market Premiere After an insidious parasite is brought to earth by an alien spaceship, Jo Sharp must fight to protect her family and the town she loves. SC FILMS PROMO REEL New Footage ...
DEVILWORKS will be attending CANNES from 14th - 23rd May 2019! Stay tuned and see you on la Croisette! Attending: Samantha and Matteo Website: http://devilworks.eu STAND RIVIERA G14 ...
Click Here for ITN's 2019 Catalog. We will be at Palais des Festivals at Riviera E10 1 Boulevard de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes, France Website: www.itnfilms.net ULYSSES 115 min. Sci-Fi/Action. HD. 2018. ...
KANARIE US Release Date: 6.18.19 | Musical, War, Drama | 123' | Afrikaans, Eng Subs Available WW excluding US, Canada, Africa, UK, Ireland, Malta, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Germany, Austria, Israel, Poland, Spain, Benelux, Scandinavia and CEE *Sold non-ex in SE Asia ...
BEYOND BORDERS: DIVERSITY IN CANNES: PROMOTING INCLUSION AT THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL FOR 10 YEARS! ...
BOTERO Portrait of the world's most popular living artist BOTERO, the intimate, in-d...
Giant Pictures acquires Worldwide rights to feature doc based on true events of the life of Jeffrey Modell and the origins of the Jeffrey Modell Foundation. Film to debut on VOD and all major digital platforms on June 11, 2019 Giant Pictures announced today that it has acquired worldwide Digital and VOD rights to Lisa Binn’s feature documentary DO SOMETHING: THE JEFFREY MODELL STORY and plans a worldwide June 11, 2019 release.&...
Marché du Film 14-23 May 2019 — Animation Day ...
Pureflix will have 2 market screenings of Welcome to Mercy www.PureFlixEntertainment.com ...
ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE MARK WAHLBERG AND GOLDEN GLOBE® AND FOUR-TIME EMMY® NOMINEE CONNIE BRITTON TO STAR IN REINALDO MARCUS GREEN’S ‘GOOD JOE BELL’ WRITTEN BY ACADEMY® AWARD WINNERS DIANA OSSANA AND LARRY MCMURTRY PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY STARTS ON APRIL 15 IN UTAH Academy Award® nominated actor Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter) and Golden Globe®, four-time Emmy® nominated actress Connie Britton (Dirty John, Nashville, Friday Ni...
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LGBTQ Humanitarian Foundation Partners with The American Pavilion to Foster Inclusive Leadership and Empowerment The American Pavilion, www.ampav.com, celebrating 31 years as the epicenter of American hospitality and communication at the Cannes International Film Festival, will debut the first ever Colin Higgins Ambassador Scholarship for LGBTQ students interested in participating in The American Pavilion’s Worldwide Student Program at the world renowned Cannes International ...
GLORIOUS DEAD (a Multilingual Feature Film) Genre : Experimental Duration : 87 minutes A Film by Dr Sudeep Ranjan...
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Projects by Thomas Vinterberg, Alex van Warmerdam Theu Boermans and Hisko Hulsing backed In the first round of the Netherlands Film Production Incentive of 2019 contributions were made to 27 productions for a total amount of € 10.5 million. These include 17 feature films, 3 feature length documentaries, 2 animated feature films, 4 drama series and 1 animated series, including 14 international co-productions. These contributions will generate more than € 40 million in productio...
Zorica Nusheva and Stefan Vujisic in GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA by Teona Strugar Mitevska (North Macedonia / Belgium / Slovenia / Croatia and France 2019) Each year, 20 up and coming producers from 20 different countries from throughout Europe are selected to participate in PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE at the Cannes Film Festival. The four-day programme aims at connecting enterprising young producers with international potenti...
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Marché du Film © Alexandra Fleurantin The Official Selection will be unveiled on April 18; but in the meantime, the Festival de Cannes is preparing to welcome film professionals from all over the world to its Marché du Film. The world’s leading film market and also the oldest, celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2019. The event is thriving: a sign of how positive the figures for this year’s festival are. Created at the 1959 Cannes International Film Fest...
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© Catherine Vinay – La Fabrique Cinéma 2018 The Fabrique Cinéma by the Institut français is pleased to announce the ten projects selected for this year's Festival de Cannes, which runs from 14 to 25 May 2019. AFRICA Burkina Faso: Organisme Religieusement Modifié by Simplice Ganou — Documentary, second feature filmProduced by Saoudah Carole Kafando / Tilé Fari Films Rwanda: Tanzanite by...
Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes announces their program for Goes to Cannes 2019. All screenings for the 2019 edition will take place from Saturday 18 May to Monday 20 May at the Palais K. Saturday 18 May : 14 :00 – 16 :00 – MALAGA Goes to Cannes 16 :00 – 18 :00 – HONG KONG Goes to Cannes Sunday 19 May : 9 :30 – 11 :15 – ANNECY&...
The Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes launches the 1st edition of Shoot the Book ! Rendez-vous. This initiative will bring together a total of 40 publishers, 20 french publishers and 20 european agents/publishers, and international producers seeking future projects. This special operation will take place at the Salon des Ambassadeurs, Level 4 Palais des Festivals, on Tuesday, May 21 on two stages&nb...
As part of the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes, the 3rd Doc Day will be held on Tuesday, May 21, and will offer a full day of thematic conferences and masterclasses bringing together leading documentary filmmakers selected in Cannes and key experts from the documentary industry. Every year, Doc Day is an opportunity to take a step back and reflect on the documentary genre, both in terms of industry and as a form of cinematographic...
The partners in Berlin, Mickael Marin (Annecy Festival) and Véronique Encrenaz (MIFA) and Jérôme Paillard at the Unifrance party in Berlin The Marché du Film creates in association with the Annecy Festival, Animation Day: a programme of conferences, meetings and works-in-progress presentation which brings together the very best of international creativity and the actors involved in the distribution and production of animated films. ...
The Frontières Platform in Cannes presents special events tailor-made for the genre film industry co-organised with Fantasia International Film Festival at the Marché du Film. A selection of projects is pitched during the Proof of Concept, Saturday, May 18 from 10h to noon. These projects have previously been developed through the Frontières Platform during the year. The celebrat...
Over six days, from 14-19 May, Cannes XR brings together artists, producers, investors, festival programmers, and tech leaders – offering a multitude of networking, financing and distribution opportunities for XR entertainment industry players. It’s a unique opportunity for Marché and Festival professionals alike to discover the finest immersive works each year. Dedicated to the XR entertainment industry, Cannes XR aims to be a community-based market place...
The Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes announces the launch of Cannes XR, a program fully dedicated to immersive technologies and entertainment in the very heart of the Palais des Festivals. From May 14-19, Cannes XR will bring together artists, producers, investors, programmers, and tech leaders, offering a multitude of networking, financing and distribution opportunities. Dedicated to the XR entertainment industry, Cannes XR aims to be a community-based marketplace ori...
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