This year marked a monumental milestone for Stage 32, our 10th year on La Croisette! In many ways, it was our most successful year yet. During our first-ever Stage 32 Cannes meetup, we had a close-knit group of 17 people in attendance. This year, we grew to 1500 attendees at our Stage 32 party in partnership with Variety!
It was amazing to see so many people from our global community show up to celebrate, network, and support each other. We had Stage 32 members screening their films and...
Georges Tomb is an award-winning composer and concert pianist of international fame. He studied composition & orchestration with Conrad Pope and Christopher Young in Vienna. His compositions were performed on many prestigious stages in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. Tomb is the commissioned composer of the Italian ballet "Pinocchio", to be launched in 2023-2024, with Balletto del Sud and Choreographer Freddy Franzutti. He was introduced in Italy as " the You...
SCAD alumni American producer and entertainment industry professional Jon Gosier’s film career began while working with Tyler Perry on the movie “Diary of Mad Black Woman (2005).” In 2008, however, Gosier left the film industry to begin a career in venture capital and Tech, during which time he built data focused software companies. He later came full circle and went back into entertainment, working in both the music and film industries. During his successful busine...
Chadwick Pelletier is an award-winning American Canadian screenwriter, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. As a WGA screenwriter, Chadwick has written, optioned, and sold film and TV content at the highest level in the industry. His work as a director and producer has earned him numerous awards, including the coveted Golden Eagle statue at San Diego International Film Festival for “For Blood” (2015) and two Red Poppy Awards “She Will Be Loved” (2017).
In 2017, Chadwick founde...
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On June 17th, 1994, (Lord) Michael Wilson Agnew (the artist known as "MYC Agnew") took a one-way ticket to Paris, France to become a Top-Male Model (a title not yet invented). Within three months he had shot the Versace campaign with Bruce Webber and was on his way to shoot the first major worldwide Gap campaign as the first of many celebrities to follow. Working with Calvin Klein to Tommy Hilfiger (and all the greats) on campaigns, magazine edit...
Cyril Morin is an Academy member, a multi-award-winning composer, who has scored numerous soundtracks for both film and television. He is re-known throughout the international press for his long lasting "multiple talents (Variety)". His score for the critically acclaimed "Samsara" (directed by Pan Nalin). The soundtrack continues to be a hit internationally, garnering many dedicated fans, and has made Morin something of a cult composer.
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Patrick Roche Is a freelance screenwriter and producer, living and working in New York City. He holds a BA in Film and Television Production from UMass Amherst and is the founder and director of Think Tank Coworking, based in Portland, Maine. He is the recipient of numerous awards for business and entrepreneurship and is the founder of Portland Summer Films. Patrick has worked as a writer, producer and editor for Plum TV and Principle Pictures, as well as a reporter at the St John Tr...
French Riviera Film Festival 2023 Closing Awards Reception was held on the afternoon May 20, 2023 at Eden Hotel & Spa in Cannes, France. During the exclusive event, the 2023 Awards were presented, as well as a special Industry Excellence Award to filmmaker Anurag Kashyap.
Best Drama - Till I Return
Best Experimental - Totem
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Bruno Chatelin celebrating partnership and jury Duty with Festival co-founder Nicole Goesseringer Muj !
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INTERNATIONAL CELL PHONE CINEMA SHOWCASE- CANNES 2023
Artistic Director/Creator
Prof. Karl Bardosh
Filmmaker/ NYU Film&TV
Honorary President
Bruno Chatelin
FilmFestivals.com
Honorary Ambassador
Her Royal Majesty,
Queen Angelique-Monet
Of Eti-Oni
International Jury
President:
Lawrence David Foldes
Filmmaker, Hollywood
Co-President:
Sandeep Marwah
Asian Academy of Film &TV
India
Members of the Jury:
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Monica Landers, Storyfit CEO, on her visit to the Cannes Film Festival.
Arriving at Cannes in the midst of a writers strike, I wondered how much the debate over AI would permeate the festival. A few weeks before the strike commenced, I talked with a group of WGA members about our product and AI in general and heard their concerns firsthand. Four days later, I had my answer.
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Short Film Competition to Premiere at October 2023 Festival
Recognizing the need for more inclusive storytelling in the filmmaking industry, the 2023 SCAD Savannah Film Festival (SAVFF) and Amazon Studios have created a dedicated SAVFF LGBTQ+ Short Film Competition, which will premiere during the festival, October 21–28, 2023.
The collaboration creates a platform for emerging queer filmmakers to share their stories and gain mentorship and exposure, while onsite programmin...
Göteborg Film Festival has presented its anticipated 10th Nostradamus Report titled "Everything Changing All at Once” at the Marché du Film during Festival de Cannes. The annual report analyzes and forecasts the near future of the faster-than-ever evolving audiovisual industries through research and interviews with industry experts.
What new possibilities and threats will be unlocked with AI-powered technologies integrating into audiovisual industry wo...
15th Cannes fro Winston Baker which successfully wrapped to conferences in Cannes: The Film Finance Forum and the China Forum. Celebrations took place at official and classy Plage des Palmes with a hot DJ. Thanks Amy and Katie!
MORE TO COME
Camille Bisson
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Guillaume Esmiol the new Cannes Marché du Film Director sat down in Berlin during EFM with Bruno Chatelin to discuss Cannes 2022 and the coming 2023 edition Tue, May 16, 2023 - Sat, May 27, 2023.
Watch his interview and what he could reveal about the new features of the 2023 comimg edition:
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Karl Bardosh Interviewed in Cannes at Eden Hotel where the Festival just wrapped.
by Bruno Chatelin honorary jury
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Chloe Maayan (Chinese: 曾美慧孜; born October 3, 1988), also known as Zeng Meihuizi, is a Chinese actress and director. She was nominated at 55th Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress, won 38th Hong Kong Film Awards and 25th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Actress for her role in Three Husbands.
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Two girls lean on their friendship to get through troubling teenage years. Drama feature film directed by Arthur De Larroche Written by Micaela Wittman, starring Bobby Hogan, Ashley Michelle Grant, Amy Benedict, Micaela Wittman....which premiered in the Marché du Film Cannes 2023 Interviewed by Frank Loveland, camera Aldo Nadal.
Cannes is always rich in behind the scenes, backstage...cute stories of coincidences and happpy moments: I over-heard a tense phone con...
The 1st Annual International Film Festival Manhattan Industry Screening at the Marche Du Film took place on May 24, 2023 at the Palais G at the
Palais des Festivals.
Luis Pedron, the Festival Director of the International Film Festival Manhattan said that “this event is the first year we will be doing an Industry screening at biggest Film Market in the World which is Marche Du Film. The short films selected have the recurring t...
The one-stop-shop for global film production! The Producers Network is the go-to place for producers seeking to make the most out of their time in Cannes Sponsored by FilmHedge.
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Jon Gosier Founder and CEO of FilmHedge and Mickey Vetter co founder of FilmHedge sat down with Frank Loveland to explain how and why they launched (successfully) the company at last year's Cannes.
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filmfestivals.com Alice Kanterian and Aldo Nadal met at Marché du Film 2023 with Melikset KARAPETYAN Armenia Film Commissioner.
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