Thursday, May 17--------Having a film festival just before Cannes in the neighboring city-state of Monaco is either a brilliant idea or one fraught with challenges. The organizers of this inaugural event wisely decided to ignore the giant to their south and just proceed with their mission. And their mission is a laudable one…..to discover and promote promising cinema talents, to encourage dialogue between filmmakers, to promote cultural diversity and international understanding and to discuss ...
Norah Jones, Wong Kar Wai, and Jude Law laugh as they discuss the making of My Blueberry Nights and reminisce about the shooting of "the kiss."
Norah Jones and Wong Kar Wai signing autographs after the My Blueberry Nights press release at the Cannes Film Festival, 2007.
A few hours before the official opening of the 60th Cannes Film Festival, hundreds of spectators watched the red carpet as the crew rushed to perfect the finishing touches. Here, a woman vaccuums every inch of the carpet in preparation for the well-heeled to descend upon the Palais....
Quelques heures avant l'ouverture du festival les organisateurs finissaient les derniers préparatifs....
Vue prise du palais du festiva
The happy, sunny town of Cannes, located 2 hours from Italy by train along the French Riviera, is alive at last, thanks to summertime and the Cannes Film Festival. Before May, and especially before February, Cannes was at rest - some streets with every fourth or so store closed, boarded up without even a sign on the door. Many clubs discos dont bother opening for more than the weekend. After all besides the year round yaghtees (young men who work on the boats) or maybe the americans from the ...
The panel will take place: May 21: 3pm to 4pm Short Film Corner: Screening RoomInvitation event RSVP press@filmfestivals.com From Janet Murray's Holodeck to Lev Manovich's Database Cinema, the interactive narrative represents the "holy grail" of the interactive medium. For some, the pleasure derived from interactive stories is found in the theorizing of them. For others such pleasure has yet to be found in mainstream practice. Indeed, today, most traditional entertainm...
Discours de Thierry Fremaux Directeur Artistique du Festival De Cannes
11:21 minutes (3.9 MB)
Discours de Catherine Démier Directrice Générale du Festival De Cannes
10:05 minutes (3.46 MB)
Cool transport to the red carpet on second life
The >screening room fly and watch film
Dynamic independent film distribution company, ITN Distribution Inc. (ITN) today announced their slate of films for the 2007 Marche du Film/Cannes Film Festival. ITN will be conducting sales for territories worldwide in Riviera F-11. The films are a diverse mix of high-concept features, shorts and documentaries in a wide variety of genres such as action, horror, thriller and comedy. High profile films and talent include, Johnny 316 starring Vincent Gallo (The Brown Bunny) and newcomer Nina Bros...
Gilles Jacob Président du Festival De Cannes: l'intégralité de son discours pendant la conférence de presse:
12:08 minutes (4.16 MB)
Canon, Le Festival « Faire un film en 48H » et Eyeka.com s’associent pour créer l’évènement.Après avoir sélectionné les meilleures équipes de Paris, la compétition sera lancée sur le thème de l’environnement. Les équipes de tournage auront donc pour mission de :REALISER UN COURT-METRAGE EN 48 HEURES ET EN HAUTE DEFINITIONPartout dans Paris, des réalisateurs, acteurs, comédiens, brefs artistes et techniciens passionnés de cinéma, devront écrire, tourner, monter, mettre e...
TV5MONDE USA, America’s only 24/7 French language channel, currently, will be the sole channel in the U.S. to air live coverage of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 60th annual Cannes Film Festival. Didier Allouch, the Los Angeles-based film correspondent for Canal Plus, will be reporting from the Festival as part of TV5MONDE’s coverage. On May 16, 2007, TV5Monde will broadcast the opening ceremony live via satellite from Cannes. Red carpet arrivals will commence at 12:45 p...
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Welcome dear Subscriber: we knew you would come here and check out your first Cannes Film Festival experience on Second life!As you know the festival is opening May 16th: well, it is the same on Second Life.Be patient just a few days before you can walk up the stairs, watch film, have a cocktail by the Hotel 3.14 pool or at the Baron Beach.We will host our pannel on the future of Cinema in Second Life with interactive questions from the residents...Meanwhile get ready, choose an avatar and b...
Film music made in Germany - At the 60th Film Festival in Cannes, Monday May 21 2007, is given over to German film music. The guest of honour of GERMAN FILM MUSIC is the film music composer Klaus Doldinger, who wrote the score for the films THE BOAT, THE NEVER ENDING STORY and others. The German Film Music Day is organised by Soundtrack_Cologne and mediamusic:nrw, and presented by the Composers' Club - Deutscher Komponistenverband and the German Composers Association in cooperation with ...
Once again, the Oporto Film Festival Fantasporto has decided to invest strongly in the promotion of the coming edition on the occasion of the 60th Cannes International Film Festival. 28 years already, Fantasporto aims, as usual, at bigger and better, and the Croisette is the right meeting place and a traditional focus for the film world.For the third time, Fantasporto is going to have its own booth in the Marché du Film at the Riviera Space. This is where Fantasporto will be searching for th...
The Cannes International Film Festival is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. German Films and FOCUS Germany will be presenting their services together in the "German Pavilion". The meeting point in the "International Village" of the "Marché du Film" is a popular destination for all accredited industry delegates during the festival. Situated right by the beach and next to the Festival Palais, the German Pavilion is a great place for a short stop-over...
