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Cannes films' world tour continues with the Buenos Aires Cannes Film Week from December 2 to 8 2019! The "Semana de Cine" has been held by the Festival de Cannes and the INCAA to coincide with Ventana Sur, the primary Latin American film market, for 11 years. The 2019 Palme d’or and six feature films from the Official Selection of the 72nd edition have been screened in Argentina: PARASITE (Gisaengchung) by Bong Joon Ho - Palme d'or LES ...
The Festival de Cannes Film Week in Hong Kong from 12-17 November 2019 © RR Pierre Lescure, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate of the Festival de Cannes, join forces with Adrian Cheng, founder of K11 Group, to bring the essence of the world’s most prestigious film festival to Hong Kong. Starting from 12 November in Hong Kong with its opening night celebration, the Festival de Cannes Film Week debuts six films from the...
Bosnian born award-winning cinematographer Harun Mehmedinovic, known for his Oscar qualifying short 'In the Name of the Son' (2007), is a modern Renaissance man. Of many talents, Harun is also a director, photographer and writer. His photography work has been published by media outlets such as The New York Times, Wired, Time, Forbes, NPR, CNN, Gizmodo, Slate, Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, Vice, and Washington Post. He has contributed photographs and videos to Vogue Italia, National Geo...
Goran Kostic Accomplished and prolific actor/producer Goran Kostic was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. His starring role in Angelina Jolie's directorial debut 'In the Land of Blood and Honey' (2011) catapulted him to international recognition. Having appeared in next to sixty film and TV performances, he has worked on such prominent titles as 'Children of Men' (2006), 'Hannibal Rising' (2007), 'Taken' (2008), 'The Last Days on...
Bruno Chatelin and Justice Singleton, 28 years after the presentation in Cannes of her father's film Boyz'n the Hood. Bruno was the distributor (Sony) who brought to Cannes the film and help ed John Singleton spread his unique message, still vividly remembered, an inspiration for many young filmmakers and for her daughter, a pôet and a filmmaker. On stage speech from Justice Singleton at the Cinema de la Plage Cannes Classics presentation. ...
Atlantics screened on May 16th in the Grand Théâtre Lumière and received best director award ...
Selected for the Official Competition, the film will be screened on May 22nd in the Grand Théâtre Lumière. ...
Rocketman, Review: Messed-up multi-millionaire music-maestro Film-makers now need to ask themselves whether it makes good sense to churn out bio-pics with regular frequency. Does the genre hold enough promise to deliver quality cinema? In recent times, many of them are guilty of picking eminent personalities from films and music, with common traits, like troubled childhood, inability to handle fame and fortune, sexual mania or alternative sexual behaviour, and drug abuse. The phenomeno...
(Still from Nina Wu, © Luxbox Films) By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER If only the films in Competition and those films in other sections such as Un Certain Regard, where Midi Z's ambitious and somewhat disorienting film Nina Wu premiered could also be up for the best actor awards. If that were the case, then Ke-Xi Wu's dynamic turn as Nina Wu would have hands-down gotten the best actress award, especially since I watched the winning ac...
We were lucky to be able to capture some amazing moments on may 23 with Justice Singleton; the day Boyz n the Hood was screened on the beach with Cannes Classics. ...
JURY - PRESS CONFERENCE - CANNES 2019 - EV Do not miss the press conference of films in competition A to Z ATLANTIQUE - Press conference - Cannes 2019 BACURAU - Press conference - Cannes 2019 DOLOR Y GLORIA - Press conference - Cannes 2019 FRANKIE - Press conference - Cannes 2019 GISAENGCHUNG - Press conference - Cannes 2019 ...
Unifrance gathered more than 70 personalities for an exceptional red carpet on May 20th, during the 72nd Festival de Cannes. This delegation was made up of artists, producers, directors, agents, sales agents, among all those who contribute to making French cinema shine in the world. The personalities on the red carpet included: Catherine Alméras - Directrice d...
For 12 days, the 72nd edition of the Festival de Cannes has celebrated artists and films from different perspectives, making cinema a celebration of discovery and reunions shared all around the world. Tonight, on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière, Édouard Baer, the Master of Ceremonie, welcomed the Feature Films Jury headed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu to announce the 2019 Awards. PALME D'OR (UNANIMITY) GISAENGCHUN...
press conference There was great appreciation all along the panel today at the press conference for Dexter Fletcher's new Elton John biopic titled Rocketman. The film features upcoming stars Taron Egerton, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Richard Madden. Before the release of the film, many people made various assumptions about comparing its theme to that of Bohemian Rhapsody from last year. But today, director Dexter Fletcher and lead actor Taron Egerton...
"Cannes is not mine, Cannes is made by everyone, a lot of organizations, a lot of people..." ...
It Must Be Heaven: Elia Suleiman's Quirky Premiere Wowed Cannes Audience (It Must Be Heaven Premiere, Elia Suleiman, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019) By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER I was lucky to watch the premiere of Elia Suleiman's glorious film with the director, cast and crew in the main theater. There was plenty of applause to go around, which was no shock to me. It Must Be Heaven world premiered in the Grand Theatre Lumiere was an entertainin...
© Tinpong, Sutichak, Bertys30 Fruitbat A LIFE IN SOUNDTRACK Through this event organized with the Cannes Film Festival, Sacem distinguishes a personality (documentary filmmaker, filmmaker, journalist, director of institution or director of phonographic collection) for his commitment to film music and composers. This year, Sacem and the Cannes Film Festival wish to pay tribute to Bertrand Tavernier. On this occasion, Bertrand Tavernier...
Best moments cptured on camera, my personal best was the red carpet for Boyz n the Hood, a second tim for me in Cannes, this time opening the floor to Justice Singleton, John singleton's oldest daughter. ...
"Bruno you changed my life the way you changed my dad's life, you have to know that !" Can you think of any sweeter thank you? Amazing! I organized this beautiful day of homage to John Singleton with her daughter in Cannes with the same passion I did for the launch in Cannes, knowing that everything we would do now would resonate dearly for her. Walk along the croisette, the Carlton...scouting the spots where pictures with her dad had been taken... ...
"She's the light"… "She's the heartbeat of the movie". Margot Robbie explains her role to NYTimes critic Farah Nayeri as Sharon Tate in ‘Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood' by Quentin TARANTINO at the press conference at Cannes. "That's how Quentin explained it to me". And that must be why she hardly has any speaking lines in the film. Robbie defended the film by explaining her role was not so much words as emotions. That she d...
“Mektoub” from Abdellah Kechiche’s new film Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo on the trail of "Mektoub, My love: Canto Uno" has a complex meaning in Arabic ("written") but one cannot help but notice that letters and the pronunciation of "ME k TOU b" are found in #METOO. Kechiche took his time to answer questions at the press conference of his new film at Cannes. He chastised journalists for their "inferior cameras" (cellphones) and ask...
Elle Fanning The jury members for the 72:e Festival de Cannes were unanimously taken in by Palme d’Or winner The Parasite by South Korean director BONG Jo ho. Atlantics by French filmmaker Matti Diop, according to Italian jury member Alice Rohrwacher, last year's best screenplay award winner for Happy as Lazzaro , won the heart of the jury, a film about men and young boys who die at sea and the women they leave behind at shore. Although the awards this year were given to...
For 12 days, the 72nd edition of the Festival de Cannes has celebrated artists and films from different perspectives, making cinema a celebration of discovery and reunions shared all around the world. Tonight, on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière, Édouard Baer, the Master of Ceremonie, welcomed the Feature Films Jury headed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu to announce the 2019 Awards. PALME D'OR (UNANIMITY) ...
Prizes awarded by La Semaine de la Critique's Jury Ciro Guerra, president of the jury Amira Casar, Marianne Slot, Djia Mambu & Jonas Carpignano Nespresso
Grand Prize J'AI PERDU MON CORPS (I LOST MY BODY) by Jérémy Clapin Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award Ingvar E. Sigurðsson for HVÍTUR, HVÍTUR DAGUR (A WHITE, WHITE DAY) by Hly...
Un Certain Regard 2019 presented 18 films in competition. 9 of them were first films. The Opening film was LA FEMME DE MON FRERE by Monia Chokri. Under the presidency of Nadine Labaki (director and actress, Lebanon), the Jury was comprised of Marina Foïs (actress, France), Nurhan Sekerci-Porst (producer, Germany), Lisandro Alonso (director, Argentina) and Lukas D...
The Festival de Cannes Film Week in Hong Kong - K11 MUSEA, Victoria Dockside from 12-17 November 2019 © RR Pierre Lescure, President of the Festival de Cannes and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate, join forces with Adrian Cheng, founder of K11 Group and Executive vice-Chairman of New World Development, to bring the essence of the world’s most prestigious film festival to Hong Kong with the Festival de Cannes Film Week. ...
The spirit of the Festival lives on! From May 24, a series of events will be bringing Official Selection films to Paris' cinemas as well as in Rennes, Nantes, Lyon and Toulouse. An incredible opportunity for movie lovers to discover the films at almost exactly the same time as the festival-goers in Cannes – and in some cases several months before they are released in cinemas. CANNES IN PARIS, RENNES, NANTES, LYON AND TOULOUSE FRIDAY 24 TO SUNDAY 26 MAY - IN PATH&E...
“I found a description that was good, I don't know how I composed the character, but for me it was more like a decomposition of the character.” This is what actress Virginie Efira mentioned this morning while explaining how she prepared to play her role in last night’s premiere film Sibyl. The film follows a therapist, played by Efira, who chooses to quit her job to pursue her longtime aspiration of writing a hit novel. Just before she quits, she decides ...
The Queer Palm award for the 72:e Festival de Cannes went to Céline Sciamma's "Portrait of a Woman on Fire" in a ceremony presided over by jury president Virginie Ledoyen, the first time a woman has won the award in the feature film category. In the 10 year history of the Queer Palm founded by Franck Finacne Maduiera, this competition is gaining in importance and widely supported by the Cannes festival that provides passes for the jury to attend the diverse selectio...
REST IN PEACE JOHN IT WAS AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU It was also amazing to be able to walk your daugther in Cannes on your footsteps, honoring your career. Check the video of that amazing day! I am also very proud of my contribution to the international success of the film starting with a blast in cannes, and a marketing campaign designed with our french touch (eventually exported for the other Sony territories) ! It is the only time in my career in film where I have been abl...
Happy to have Stallone revive my memory lane! I had so much fun organising the premiere of Cliffhanger in Cannes for the Amfar Charity event at Hotel du Cap in 1993 (with Liz Taylor as chairwoman). My team had organized among other crazy things 5 climbers coming down from the roof of the Palais with ropes, Eye of Tiger music on the red carpet ...and as a nice conclusion to the evening: Sly telling my "Best day in my Life" I still the cecho and music to my hear. Sylvester...
Alain Delon gave a teary-eyed acceptance speech for his Honorary Palme d' Or at a ceremony at the Grand Salle on May 20. He was accompanied by his daughter Anouchka Delon who introduced him before he came up to the podium. Delon relied on her support and she in turn helped him through what appeared to be for him a difficult and humbling experience. In his acceptance speech the 83 year old veteran French actor said he would be leaving his fans amidst protests from the audience who ...
A whole 37 years after the release of Rambo - First Blood in 1987, Sylvester Stallone himself returned back to the Croisette on friday to promote his new film Rambo V - Last Blood, which will be releasing this coming Fall. The last time Stallone was featured on the Red Carpet in Cannes, it was for the premiere of his hit film Cliffhanger. The action flick star was honored last night with special screening of Ted Kotcheff’s Rambo - First Blood in the Grand Thé...
(Parasite Press Conference, Bong Joonho, Song Kangho and cast, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019) By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER Parasite, the new exceptional film from Korean auteur Bong Joonho, is a strong contender for the coveted Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Audiences were brought to laughter, silence, shock, contemplation and back around again by this remarkable piece of cinema. The cast clearly enjoyed the time they spent with Bong ...
(Lina Wertmüller, Cannes Classics, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019) By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmüller made movie history in 1977 when she became the first woman nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for her 1975 film Pasqualino Settebellezze (Seven Beauties). It starts off making you laugh and then progresses through an array of emotions before finally hitting you so hard that if the tears aren'...
Sly was in Cannes some decades ago for Cliffhanger, I was handling his film for Sony: this is what he told me on the red carpet BEST DAY IN MY LIFE. More... Sly: ...another one for you, welcome back for Rambo 5. ...
The winners for the Critics week (Semaine de le critique) have already been announced – and Nespresso who generously bestows complimentary coffee on tired and weary critics each year in the Palais has given the top prize for the best of 7 features to J'AI PERDU MON CORPS (I LOST MY BODY) by Jérémy Clapin, an animated feature about Naoufel , a young man from North Africa who grows up in Paris. He who loses his hand and tries to complete himself , scripted by t...
(Robert Rodriguez and the cast of Red 11, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019) By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER Athough I waited in line for three hours to try to get into one of the two press screenings for Quentin Tarantino's much-anticipated Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood and didn't make it in either screening the day definitely wasn't a total bust. Instead, I rushed over to Director's Fortnight to join the Masterclass that Mr. Robert Rodr...
(Nicolas Bedos and his cast, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019) By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER La Belle époque from French writer/director/actor Nicolas Bedos screened out of competition and the press conference was full of laughs. The director and his lively actors including the exquisite Fanny Ardant, Guillame Canet, Daniel Auteuil, and Doria Tillier really showed their love for one another throughout the conference. (Daniel Auteuil, Fanny Ardant, Nicolas...
Jury and Award Winners of the Cinéfondation 2019 © Deborah Neris / FDC The Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury headed by Claire Denis and including Stacy Martin, Eran Kolirin, Panos H. Koutras and Cătălin Mitulescu, has awarded the 2019 Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony held in the Buñuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films. The Cinéfondation Selection consisted of 17 student films, chosen out of 2 000 e...
Aloha Cannes Forever it's over the 72nd closing of Cannes on the terrace of the photocall, it was the 23rd Festival for Patrick and my 40th Cannes International Film Festival. Two nominations for the prize of the photographers entitled by the Jury "Kiss of Cinema" picture of Nicolas Winding Refn and Miles Teller, and "Touched by the Grace" photo of Roschdy Zem. Chiara Mastroianni award for female performance at Un Certain Regard tells to the cam...
The winners for the Critics week (Semaine de la critique) have already been announced – and Nespresso who generously bestows complimentary coffee on tired and weary critics each year in the Palais has given the top prize for the best of 7 features - Nespresso Grand Prize to J'AI PERDU MON CORPS (I LOST MY BODY) by Jérémy Clapin, an animated feature about Naoufel , a young man from North Africa who grows up in Paris. The enchanting story is about a m...
It is exciting to note that Céline Sciamma, one of the founders of the French 50/50 by 2020 and her new film Portrait De La Jeune Fille En Feu ("Portrait Of A Lady On Fire") is one of the top contenders for the Palme d’Or, as she climbs the steps in Cannes after Water Lilies (2007) in Un Certain Regard. Sciamma is one of two women part of the official selection this year of 20 films. Her film is a period piece from 1770 about young artist Marianne ...
Look at the cap Justice is wearing, the same as her dad in Cannes 28 years ago at The Boyz n the Hood screening!. We ended up organising this trip in less than a week discussing with Thierry Fremaux on top of th ered carpet and with help of Gerald Duchaussoy and Frédérique Ballion which i thank here warmly for all the great support. Justice flew from LA the very day of the memorial she had organized for her dad. This is how Justice considered taking a trip to Can...
Panel at the American Pavilion May 23 panel at 5:00 sharp, photocall at 4:45. Cannes Classics presentation of the restaured print of Boyz 'n The Hood, 9.30 pm may 23 with stage presentation of Justice Singleton. Justice Singleton in conversation at the American Pavilion with Bruno Chatelin. John' eldest daughter flew from Los Angeles where she lives and works as a producer, a writer and a poet. Justice Singleton wanted to be in Cannes on the footsteps of her father the minute...
WATCH THE FULL VIDEO PRESENTATION PANELS AND ROUND TABLES AT THE CNC BEACH May 23 ROUND TABLES ON POSITIVE CINEMA Cinema at the service of social justice Meetings open to the public Gray d'Albion Beach Boulevard de la Croisette, Cannes + 10h00 - 10h30: INTRODUCTION Word of welcome Discussion on Positive Cinema: ...
The inaugural French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF)
https://youtu.be/V0IjgNE4pF4, celebrating short film and short-form content, is pleased to announce its 2019 winners. FRFF, produced by Cloud21 International (
www.cloud21.com) and Kultura PR International (
www.kulturapr.com), was held on May 18 and 19, 2019 in Cannes, France at Eden Hôtel & Spa (
www.eden-hotel-cannes.com). Winners were announced at on May 19 at a gala awards ceremony that featured a sp...
(Chicuarotes World Premiere, Gael García Bernal and cast, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019) By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER Cannes 2019 Jury President Alejandro González Iñárritu joined a packed house to cheer on Gael García Bernal at the world premiere of his film Chicuarotes. Bernal and his team were thrilled to introduce their film to the world at the Salle du Soixantième on Monday evening. Bernal was in very high spirits befor...
(Chicuarotes World Premiere, Fatih Akin © Lindsay Bellinger 2019) By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER I had the pleasure of chatting with Fatih Akin for a moment after the glorious world premiere of Gael García Bernal's film Chicuarotes, which screened in the Un Certain Regard section. Although I wasn't fortunate enough to snag an interview with Akin at Berlinale 2019 to discuss his film Der Goldenen Handschuhe (The Golden Glove)...
Leonardo DiCaprio, left, Quentin Tarantino, Daniela Pick, David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt Not everyone got lucky, those who did gave the film a 7 minutes standing ovation. Reminder: QT received the Palme d'Or once already for Pulp Fiction... ...
Photos by Nicholas Leffel ...
(Midi Z, cast and crew before the world premiere of Nina Wu, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019) By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER Nina Wu is an interesting film that hits a hard punch, and it's clear that Midi Z has enjoyed his share of Quentin Tarantino films in addition to other filmmaking greats. It made its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section today. It's no surprise to this film journalist that QT showed up for this screening. This is the kind of film that o...
Last night, spectators filed into the palais eagerly to see the premiere of Ira Sachs' new film "Frankie" featuring longtime French film star Isabelle Huppert. Huppert plays a role similar to her own life; an experienced French actress who takes some time off from the silver screen. But, unlike in real life, Huppert's character is dying from terminal cancer and decides to spend some of her final moments on a family vacation in the Portuguese countryside. From critics and othe...
THE WILD GOOSE LAKE by Diao Yinan In Competition - Cannes Film Festival Official Selection MEMENTO FILMS INTERNATIONAL SCREEN "Hyper-stylish manhunt drama laces slow-burn atmospherics with abrupt outbursts of staccato action" "A significant crossover with serious export potential" (The Wild Goose Lake' l...
Elisabeth Bentley (producer of A Hidden Life by Terrence Malik) and her husband were in town in Cannes with many projects and a busy schedule launching her new company Marginalia. We sat down at Better World Forum to discuss . Elisabeth Bentley began working to bring the story of Franz Jagerstatter to the screen in 2006 and started collaborating directly with Franziska Jagerstatter, Franz Jagerstatter’s widow, in 2010. Bentley’s previous films include BEAUTIFUL D...
(Cannes Film Festival Press conference room, 20 May 2019, © Lindsay Bellinger 2019) By LINDSAY R. BELLINGER When August Diehl was asked how he thinks that this Terrence Malick film can uplift society he had this to say: "This is something that I will know better once I see the film more and more...Being someone who says no and not really judging others, if there were more people like this especially in Europe with all of the political developments maybe ...
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"I wanted to depict a love story and make the audience feel in love. I wanted to talk about women artists and women painters specifically... We think about how we look at things and how someone looks at someone else, it's a range of things, that is it's a whole palette of things." -Céline Sciamma "Celine suggest that I played the part of an artist who discovers her own identity and I thought she had a very powerful role as a wom...
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE by Céline Sciamma “GRADE A. A Masterpiece. A devastatingly unforgettable story of love and memory. As perfect a film as any to have premiered this year. Razor-sharp and shatteringly romantic. A profoundly tender story about the process of self-discovery and becoming. Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a period romance that’s traditional in some ways, progressive in others, and a...
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THE WHISTLERS by Corneliu Porumboiu “An oversized, deliciously twisted ride that run...
ATLANTICS by Mati Diop "This shape-shifting Senegalese drama is pure cinematic poetry. Slipping in and out of modes with a magician’s confidence, Atlantics is mysterious and mythic, with a wizardly use of sound and some unforgettable images." ★★★★★ The Telegraph - Tim Robey "An intriguingly poetic movie with a seductive mystery, Atlantics is a voodoo-realist drama that has much to say about the contemporary developing world. It’s a winter&r...
Good things all around at the FIDLab cocktail in Cannes yesterday. Association co-directors introduced the upcoming projects featured in the next FIDMarseille event. Photos by Nicholas Leffel ...
Some images from Princess Ubolratana appearance yesterday at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes. Photos by Nicholas Leffel ...
Some of director Dao Yinan's responses: When asked about character building: "Yes relationship is very tricky. They are under a lot of pressure so the characters feel alone. I didn't want it (the film) to be conveyed in words but in actions and these delicate feelings (of the characters) are expressed in actions not words so that it would match the style of the film." When asked about why he chose the cast: &...
English subtitled trailer for legendary director Claude Lelouch’s film, THE BEST YEARS OF A LIFE. His film will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the out-of-competition section this evening, May 18th. We’d love for you to share this with your readers. LINK TO TRAILER: THE BEST YEARS OF A LIFE The film reunites France’s iconic actors Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant in the follow-up to Lelouch’s ...
A lot of enthusiasm today coming from the Austrian/British panel of the film Little Joe which premiered yesterday on the Red Carpet. The film follows characters who live in a futuristic society that is heavily invested in bioengineering. Scientists discover a new flower that causes those who smell it to feel happy, but much darker things lie underneath the flowers positive effects. It seemed this morning that the press was really intrigued by how the film represented its theme...
There was great appreciation all along the panel today at the press conference for Dexter Fletcher's new Elton John biopic titled Rocketman. The film features upcoming stars Taron Egerton, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Richard Madden. Before the release of the film, many people made various assumptions about comparing its theme to that of Bohemian Rhapsody from last year. But today, director Dexter Fletcher and lead actor Taron Egerton praised the efforts and the production of the 2018 ...
French Senegalese director and actress Mati Diop made it very clear that we have a lot of work to do as an industry for she is the first Black female director in competition in the history of the film festival. When asked how she feels about this, she responded by stating that it feels very late to be having this achievement and this should have been something done long before the year of 2019. Her film, Atlantique, follows a group construction workers from Dakar looking...
For your eyes and your ears....Ladies and gentlemen I give you ....Elton John the Rocketman who plays the piano and sings with Taron Egerton who plays Elton in the movie! enjoy the video. ! Elton John gave a private concert on the Croisette for a happy few gathered at Carlton Beach. The croisette was blocked, and heavy security in place for thisvery exclusive Cannes moment. Filmfestivals is happy to share these moments with our audience... There was great appre...
The size of a smaller theater at the Cannes film festival doesn’t affect the impact that a film can have on its audience. Sharkwater Extinction is a documentary detailing the shark fishing industry and the effects it has had on shark populations. The film was started by documentarian and conservationist Rob Stewart, who tragically died during filming essentially giving his life to spread awareness of this issue, and was finished by the Rob Stewart Foundation in collaboration with his fam...
By Nicholas Leffel Director Ladj Ly of the film Les Miserables Today, there was no better way to start off the third day of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival than with a press conference featuring the team from the new French film titled" Les Miserables." The film centers around a group of riot police called into action against protesters deriving from impoverished urban housing estates. Director Ladj Ly gave his remarks relating himself to some of the characters in the...
By Nicholas Leffel Earlier today in a press conference of the first premiere of the Cannes Film Festival, "The Dead Don't Die," director Jim Jarmusch and much of the cast extensively discussed all of the real world implications that were said to have been represented in the film. Of the themes from the apocalyptic horror film, the most notable was that pertaining to society's treatment of the planet and the devestating effects it could have. The response from the table was t...
Check out our video coverage blow.... More extensive video coming here very soon! What a fun masterclass from the master of genre, humble and witty Watch our video. ...
I am a huge fan of the genre, confess binge watching The Walking Dead, then Z Nation... but was very disappointed watching Jim Jarmusch's latest film. The beginning is very slow..., apocalypse as we know it from other Z movies, takes ages to happen. I was hoping for more creative attempts to renew the genre, the humor falls short or totally out of tune at moments. The ending is extremely flat... It seemed to please the audience, but i am not sure the all the fans wi...
Edouard Baer, french comedian, hosted the Cannes ceremony with his classic witty style. Iñárritu, the jury president, delivered a long speech in spanish, which everybody seemed to understand and applaud. A few clips from his amazing career weree shown prior the screening of Jim Jarmusch.. This evening on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Javier Bardem launched the start of the screenings and festivities of the 72nd edition of t...
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...
Today, the members of the Jury of the Cannes film Festival all expressed their excitement in pariticipating. For some up and coming members like Elle Fanning, this is a completely new experience and she is completely enthused. The Jury also is celebrating the diversity within its membership, having direcor Alejandro Iñarritu as its first ever Latin-American president. At the confrerence, Iñarritu expressed his gratitude of how both films and filmmaking are chaniging in our modern e...
Cannes Film Festival director, Therry Frémaux gave some remarks yesterday during press conference. He expressed how special it was that Quentin Tarantino will be returning with his new film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, a whole 25 years after the release of Pulp Fiction. He also expressed his reasons for choosing Alejandro Inaritu as the Judge for the festival's jury, stating that "there were a lot of reasons to choose him as he comes from a land that is less represented in c...
Along with the screenings, encounters and events of the Official Selection held at the Palais des Festivals, the Festival de Cannes reinvents itself at nightfall and transforms the Macé Beach of the Croisette into an open-air cinema. This cinephile and festive event with open access to the audience and festival-goers invites classics, cult or recent films, guests and many musical surprises, from Tuesday, May 14 to Saturday 25. CINÉ-KARAOK...
The Festival de Cannes is sharing its numbers, to follow up on its commitments on gender equality after signing the 5050x2020 statement. ...
The award will be bestowed to John Carpenter master of Fantasy and Horror, at the opening ceremony of Director's Fortnight Former recipients 2018 Martin Scorsese CHECK THE VIDEO OF THE FULL MASTERCLASS HE GAVE 2017 Werner HERZOG 2016 Aki KAURISMAKI 2015 JIA ZHANGKE 2014 Alain RESNAIS 2013 Jane CAMPION 2012 ...
Revealed by the Festival in 1994 with his first fiction film, The Rice People, Cambodian director Rithy Panh will preside over this year’s Caméra d’Or Jury. Accompanied by a jury of industry professionals, he will award the prize among one of the 22 first works presented by the Official Selection, the Directors’ Fortnight and the Semaine de la Critique. "I&r...
The traditional masterclass (La leçon de cinema gives way to 4 Rendez Vous... More is better, right?During Cannes 2019, four Rendez-vous with artists will take place in the Buñuel Theater, replacing the former Cinema Lesson. Four masterclasses with directors, actresses and actors invited to talk about their work and their careers, during Rendez-vous open to all festival-goers. In this year's program: Zhang Ziyi, Sylvester Stallone, Nicolas Winding Refn and A...
May 14th 19.30 CÉRÉMONIE D’OUVERTURE 30' OPENING CEREMONY 20.00 | 23.15 THE DEAD DON’T DIE DE/BY JIM JARMUSCH May 15 09.00 | 13.30 THE DEAD DON’T DIE DE/BY JIM JARMUSCH 1H43 18.30 LES MISÉRABLES DE/BY LADJ LY 1H43 22.00 BACURAU DE/BY KLEBER MENDONÇA FILHO 2H12 & JULIANO DORNELLES May 16th 08.30 BACURAU DE/BY KLEBER MENDONÇA FILHO 2H12 & JULIANO DORNELLES 12.00 LES MISÉRABLES DE/BY LADJ LY 1H43 16.00 ATLANTI...
10.05.2019 | Cannes's blog
Eric Toledano & Olivier Nakache © Marie-Laure Billette & Ludovic Sarmento // Film poster © Carole Bethuel / Quad – Ten Cinéma There are films screened on the last eve...
THE INSTITUT FRANÇAIS AT THE FESTIVAL DE CANNES PROGRAMME Pavilion no. 109, International village (by the Plage du Majestic) — Riviera May 14th to 25th, 2019 THE UNKNOWN SAINT, by director Alaa Eddine Aljem and producer Francesca Duca (La Fabrique Cinéma 2016 / Critics’ Week 2019). © Le Moindre Geste / Altamar Films The Pavilion and its emblematic programme, La Fabrique Cinema, showcase films from around the world — help...
Composed of 2 women and 3 men from various backgrounds, the short films and Cinéfondation Jury is unveiled. Chaired by Claire Denis, the Jury will name the Short Film Palme d’or winner from among the 11 films selected in Competition. It will be awarded at the Closing Ceremony, on Sunday, May, 25th in the Grand Theatre Lumière. The 5 members of the Jury will also be awarding prizes for three of the 17 student films shown as part of the Cinéfondation selection. ...
COMPETITION Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino (2 hrs 45) “We were afraid the film would not be ready, as it wouldn’t be ready until late July, but Quentin Tarantino, who has not left the editing room in four months, is a real, loyal and punctual child of Cannes! Like for Inglourious Basterds, he’ll definitely be there – 25 years after the Palme d’or for Pulp Fiction – with a finished film screened in ...
The CICAE and the AFCAE will launch a new Art Cinema Award at the Cannes Film Festival in consultation with the Cannes Film festival. The award will be introduced starting from the next edition of the festival. This new award will be given to a film from the Official Selection (Competition and Un Certain Regard section) chosen from approximately 40 titles. ...
Chaired by Lebanese director and actress Nadine Labaki, the Jury of 3 women and 2 men will reveal its prizewinners on Friday, May 24 during the Un Certain Regard Closing Ceremony. President Nadine Labaki Director & actress / Lebanon Marina Foïs Actress / France Nurhan Sekerci-Porst Producer / Germany ...
This year’s prestigious competition, unveiled on April 18 and championed by the press, with films from high level filmmakers as well as male and female directors accessing it for the first time, will be appraised by the next Festival de Cannes’ Jury (from 14 to 25 May 2019), inviting this year, under the first ever presidence of a Latino-American filmmaker, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu : four women and four men, from four continents and from seven dif...
I am thrilled and looking forward to seeing the Doors by Oliver Stone on a big screen again. Than you Cannes Classics, thank you Thierry Fremaux... I had had so much fun working on the french release for Sony Pictures. This, above, was our special poster designed for France. It was inspired the fantastic teaser trailer, I found the trailer so powerful that I asked Publicis, our ad agency, to work on a poster focused on the final scene where Jim is about to disolve in bright light: The c...
The 25 years of La Cité de la peur, a Midnight Screening of The Shining presented by Alfonso Cuarón, the 50 years of the mythical Easy Rider in the company of Peter Fonda, Luis Buñuel in the spotlight with three films, the attendance of Lina Wertmüller, the Grand Prix of 1951 Vittorio De Sica's Miracle in Milan, a final salute to Milos Forman, the first Japanese animated film in color, the World C...
Discover the trailer of the 58th edition of La Semaine de la Critique: Charles Tesson, Artistic director, presents the selection of 15 short films and 11 first and second features from 18 countries that will be screened in Cannes between May 15th and 23rd. COMPETITION FEATURE FILMS IN COMPETITION ABOU LEILA Amin Sidi-Boumédiène CENIZA NEGRA (LAND OF ASHES) Sofía Quirós Ubeda HVÍTUR, HVÍTUR DAGUR ...
The AFCAE (French Association of Art House Cinemas) and the CICAE (International Confederation of Art Cinemas) commends the announcement of the Cannes Film Festival made on 18th April relating to the Official Selection, for which every film taking part in the competition should have a release in movie theatres in France. It is a reminder of the artistic and cultural values of cinema. As more filmmakers have pointed out, the movie theatre is the place where films should be showcased on the b...
Discover the list of feature films and short films selected at the 51st Directors’ Fortnight. FEATURE FILMS Alice et le Maire (Alice and the Mayor) Nicolas Pariser (France) World premiere And Then We Danced Levan Akin (Suède · Sweden, Géorgie · Georgia, France) World premiere ...
The Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors’ Fortnight), has selected The Orphanage (Parwareshgah), the second part of Shahrbanoo Sadat’s pentalogy, as one of the feature films it will be showing this year. Her first feature film, Wolf and Sheep, the first of a total of 5 films planned, screened at the sidebar in 2016 and was awarded with the main prize. The pentalogy is based on an unpublished autobiography by Shahrbanoo’s friend, Anwar Hashimi. The Orp...
Following the announcement of the Official Selection of the 72nd Festival de Cannes, held on Thursday, April, 18th at 11am, discover the Short Films in Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection 2019. Presided by Claire Denis, the Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury will award the 3 Prizes of the Cinéfondation on Thursday 23rd May. The Short Film Palme d'or will be awarded during the Closing Ceremony on Saturday 25th May. The 2019 Short ...
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...
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 1h43 *** Pedro ALMODÓVAR DOLOR Y GLORIA (PAIN AND GLORY) 1h52 ...
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 ...
On April 16th, at 11:00 am at the Publicis Cinéma on the Champs Elysées, the Semaine du Cinéma Positif will launch and unveil the program: a week of debates and screenings around positive, committed cinema that proposes solutions and changes our view of the world. An event that filmfestivals.com is very proud to be associated with as media partner. IN THE PROGRAM 11:00 am Presentation of the Po...
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 ...
28.03.2019 | Cannes's blog
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&...
Paul Dano is an American actor, known for his roles in Little Miss Sunshine, There will be blood, Prisoners, Youth. Wildlife starring Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal is his directorial debut, based on the novel by Richard Ford. What really spoke to you in this script? I really wanted to do a film for a long time. And I’m glad it was this book that fell in my hands at the right time. I had read some short stories form the same writer before and I really love...
Pierre Deladonchamps is a French actor and filmmaker, known for Stranger by the lake, Golden Years & House of Time. In Sorry Angel (Plaire, Aimer et Courir Vite) by Christophe Honoré portrays a 90s Parisian gay writer who develops a relationship with a young student, Vincent Lacoste, who is also one of France's youngest talents, known for Amanda and The French Kissers. Bodies are very important in Christophe’s films. How did you get comfortable with that? &nb...
Christophe Honoré is one of the most iconic contemporary French writers and directors, mostly known for Beloved, Metamorphoses & Les Chansons d'amour. Sorry Angel (Plaire, aimer et courir vite), which tells the story of two gay men from different backgrounds who meet in the turbulent Paris of the 90s, premieres in Competition at the 71st Festival De Cannes. Did the idea come from a very personal place? It’s a mixture of very personal e...
© 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...
The Festival de Cannes is reshuffling its press department and has named AÏDA BELLOULID as Head of the Press Office. First and foremost, she will be handling international as well as domestic print & digital press. Equally, as a Publicist, she will be responsible for press accreditations, as well as organising screenings and press conferences. She will be working alongside FRÉDÉRIC CASSOLY and CLÉMENT LEMOINE, who are to remain in charge of au...
The next Directors’ Fortnight will be held from May 15 to 25, 2019. A new Programming Team for the Directors’ Fortnight The Selection Committee Paolo Bertolin Paolo Bertolin is a festival programmer, film writer and producer equally splitting his time between Asia and Europe. For the past ten years, he has served as member of the selection committee first, and then as regional consultant for the Venice Fil...
