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Cannes Film Festival
Le Festival International du Film Merveilleux " invites you to join us on Sunday, May 15th or Wednesday 18th May from 3PM until 5PM at Palais Miramar in Cannes, France. If you are unable to join us for a cocktail, we'd still love to meet you at Palais Miramar at another time! Please don't hesitate to contact us and arrange an alternative meeting. Please RSVP at : festivalfilmmerveilleux@gmail.com. We hope to see you there...until then, cheers! ...
12 young directors from Africa, Eastern Europa, Asia, Latin America have been invited to take part in the FABRIQUE DES CINÉMAS DU MONDE which is a programme that the LES CINÉMAS DU MONDE PAVILION has implemented to favour the emergence of new talents.
You are invited to TO MEET'UP with our delegation of producers and directors.
To share your experience, to encourage coproduction opportunities, to stimulate and support international creativity, to promote cultural diversity...
there w...
The Jury Caméra d'or is composed of:
BONG Joon-Ho, Président - Director, scriptwriter (South Corea)
Danièle HEYMANN, critic (France)
Eva VEZER, Head of Magyar Filmunio (Hungary)
Robert ALAZRAKI, Cinematographer - AFC
Daniel COLLAND, manager Cinedia laboratory (FICAM)
Jacques MAILLOT, director (SRF)
Alex MASSON, critic (Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma)
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The Jury Un Certain Regard welcomes:
Emir KUSTURICA, President - director, actor & musician (Serbia)
Elodie BOUCHEZ, actress (France)
Peter BRADSHAW, critic, The Guardian (United Kingdom)
Geoffrey GILMORE, Chief Creative Office Tribeca Enterprises (USA)
Daniela MICHEL, Director of the Morelia Festival (Mexico)
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Competition
The Artist, directed by Michel HAZANAVICIUS, is joining the Official Competition, now composed of 20 feature films.
It is "OSS 117" director Hazanavicius's latest film - a French production in English language - starring John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, Missi Pyle and James Cromwell. The film was previously announced as screening out of competition, but Cannes programmers made the switch today. The black and white silent film tells...
............. NEWSLETTER N° 506: April 29, 2011 Follow this LINK if you cannot read the newsletter properly Need TV coverage from red carpet or Press conference? Email us Cannes sponsoring and advertising options on call. Email...
Independent Film Quarterly today announced that they will honor award-winning filmmakers and notable film production companies dedicated to independent filmmaking at a special reception during the 64th annual Cannes Film Festival. IFQ will host an invitation-only party at 7pm on Sunday May 15th at the Penthouse Terrace on the Croisette overlooking the Mediterranean. Filmmakers from all over the globe will be presented with custom made plaques in front of members of the press, distribu...
Independent Film Quarterly today announced that they will honor award-winning filmmakers and notable film production companies dedicated to independent filmmaking at a special reception during the 64th annual Cannes Film Festival. IFQ will host an invitation-only party at 7pm on Sunday May 15th at the Penthouse Terrace on the Croisette overlooking the Mediterranean. Filmmakers from all over the globe will be presented with custom made plaques in front of members of the press, distributo...
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury presided by Michel GONDRY will welcome Julie GAYET, Jessica HAUSNER, Corneliu PORUMBOIU and João Pedro RODRIGUES.
They will have to choose First, Second and Third prize winners from the sixteen final-year films featuring in the 2011 Cinéfondation Selection. These three films will walk away with prize money of 15,000€, 11,250€ and 7,500€ respectively.
The prizes will be awarded by the Jury on Friday 20th May during a ceremony in the Salle ...
The Jury of the Competition, presided over by Robert De Niro (actor, director, producer) welcomes to its ranks:
Martina GUSMAN (actress and producer, Argentina)
Nansun SHI (producer, Hong Kong/China)
Uma THURMAN (actress, scriptwriter, producer, USA)
Linn ULLMANN (writer,literary critic, Norway)
Olivier ASSAYAS (director, France)
Jude LAW (actor, producer, UK)
Mahamat Saleh HAROUN (director, Chad)
Johnnie TO (director, producer, Hong Kong/China)
Martina Gusman stud...
CERTIFIED, a new short film directed by LUKE ASA GUIDICI will premiere as part of the American Pavilion's EMERGING FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The film stars veteran actor THOMAS GARNER and rising star REBECCA SPICHER in a creepy adaptation of the legendary short story by British author SAKI. Shot on location in Los Angeles, the film also features great performances by THERESE LENTZ and Groundling's member TIMOTHY BRENNEN. Visit the American Pavilion website for mo...
ScreenSingapore will debut as an international cinema event offering policy makers, industry buyers, sellers, producers and creative talent from all over the world a platform to exchange ideas, business opportunities and showcase their product. The global event will spotlight creative and technical innovations through:
•A film and entertainment trade/ technology market including 3D and animation elements
•Asia Pacific and regional premieres of upcoming Asian and US Studio releases
•Conferences, masterclasses and workshops
Positioned between the Cannes Film Festival and the lucrative box office season of the Northern Hemisphere summer, ScreenSingapore will tap synergies in providing a launch-pad for the US studios wishing to promote their blockbuster movies in Asia as well as providing a platform for showcasing Asian content to the world.
This is a novelty for the Festival de Cannes: from 2011, the organizers will award an annual Honorary Palme d'or, which will be presented during the Opening Ceremony.
This recognition is attributed to an important filmmaker, whose work is authoritative but never got a Palme d'or. In the recent past, Woody Allen, in 2002, or Clint Eastwood in 2009, were awarded this distinction by President Gilles Jacob, on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Festival de Cannes. Now, the act becom...
50th Semaine de la Critique: Since its creation in 1990, the Grand Prize for La Semaine de la Critique has been awarded to one of the seven feature films in Competition and has been selected by journalists who were invited to vote following each screening. For its anniversary, La Semaine has decided to honor film critics and has formed a jury. It is comprised of international journalists and the President is Korean director Lee Chang-dong.
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Melancholia from Zentropa on Vimeo.
The trailer for Lars von Trier's MELANCHOLIA is launched online today and available to view at www.melancholiathemovie.com. A beautiful movie about the end of the world. MELANCHOLIA is written and directed by von Trier and produced by Meta Louise Foldager and Louise Vesth for Zentropa Entertainments27. Artificial Eye will release in the UK on July 1.
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Spotlight is a short 6'18" of some live animated moments of reel time at Cannes Film Festival.
"I have caricatured the festival live over the last few years, and the film Spotlight draws together some of these highlights with an introduction to a game of Boules ... live recordings of Cannes Piano music... and with lights the characters move into the spotlight...
Spotlight is the first in Nesta's Spotlight collection of film, art, and lighting; from Cannes,to Venice, Vien...
This photo of Faye Dunaway was taken by Jerry Schatzberg in 1970.
Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.
Jerry Schatzberg is a filmmaker from New York who won the Palme d'Or in 1973 for Scarecrow. He began his career as a photographer and his work is quickly noticed, in particular a series of Bob Dylan photos from the 60s which ultimately are used on the cover of the legendary album...
............. NEWSLETTER N° 502: march 25th, 2011 Follow this LINK if you cannot read the newsletter properly Cannes sponsoring and advertising options on call. Email us Become a sponsor of the iPhone application Bundle offer Mo...
The Serbian film-maker Emir Kusturica will be president of the Un Certain Regard jury at the 64th Festival de Cannes, from 11th to 22nd May 2011.
Every year, Un Certain Regard, at the very heart of Official Selection, alongside the Competition, presents around twenty films characterised by the originality of their ideas as well as their a...
The Serbian film-maker Emir Kusturica will be president of the Un Certain Regard jury at the 64th Festival de Cannes, from 11th to 22nd May 2011.Every year, Un Certain Regard, at the very heart of Official Selection, alongside the Competition, presents around twenty films characterised by the originality of their ideas as well as their aesthetic. Emir Kusturica received the Palme d’Or in 1985 for When Father Was Away on Business. Ten years later, his second Palme d’Or for Underground made hi...
The Serbian film-maker Emir Kusturica will be president of the Un Certain Regard jury at the 64th Festival de Cannes, from 11th to 22nd May 2011.Every year, Un Certain Regard, at the very heart of Official Selection, alongside the Competition, presents around twenty films characterised by the originality of their ideas as well as their aesthetic. Emir Kusturica received the Palme d’Or in 1985 for When Father Was Away on Business. Ten years later, his second Palme d’Or for Underground made hi...
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Melanie Laurent the french actress which was took part in Inglorious Bastrerds Cannes 2009 presentation will follow Kristin Scott Thomas, Diane Kruger or Monica Bellucci.
Mélanie Laurent will head the ceremony of the 64th Festival de Cannes next may (May 11 - 22, 2011).
Gilles Jacob, président of Cannes since 2001, selected the young (28) french actress and commented. « it will be light and fun (...)"
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