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Cannes in Focus day 6 Newsletter
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Marché du Film May 23 activities
Seven days down, three to go; the Marché du Film is now a week into the 2017 edition! The Doc Corner will hold the second annual Doc Day on the 23rd; a day celebrating everything documentary, focused this year on impact and solutions with documentary films. Doc Day is made up of two separate conferences, each focusing on different topical issues; one from 9:30 - 12:00 and the other from 3:30 - 5:30. Don't mis...
SF Studios has picked the distribution rights for the Nordics (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland) for the long-awaited sequel to the cult hit Iron Sky, released in 2012, called Iron Sky The Coming Race. The film is scheduled to open in Finland on Valentine’s Day 2018, February 14th followed by Sweden, Denmark and Norway soon after. Plowing the way for the Pan Nordic release, the first teaser of the film is out, and has already gained over million hits on the Internet. “SF S...
EXCLUSIVE: Buena Vista International picks up Adrian Suar-starring comedy. Buena Vista International (BVI) has picked up Latin American rights to comedy superstar Adrian Suar’s My Love Or My Passion (El Futbol O Yo) and plans its widest release of the year in August. FilmSharks brokered the deal on the Patagonik comedy and BVI is planning its widest release so far this year for the film across the region in mid-August. My Love Or My Passion centres on a ...
Igor STORCHAK CEO FILM.UA Distribution on his booth at Riviera I kindly invite you to attend the screenings of The Stolen Princessanimated feature and The Strongholdfamily feature work-in-progress scenes at the Marché du Film in Cannes. FILM.UA Group’ booth number is J13 located in Riviera. It will be an honor for me to meet you in person to discuss the ways of our possible cooperation. Here are the screening details for our films: ...
Sheep & Wolves is heading to Greece, France, Indonesia and South Korea, while The Snow Queen franchise will be released in Portugal and Indonesia CANNES, May 22, 2017 Wizart has signed new agreements for its animated feature films Sheep & Wolves and the Snow Queen franchise at international market Marche du Film held in terms of the 70th Cannes Film Festival. Sheep & Wolves and the first installment of the Snow Queen franchise secure Greece release. Spentzos Film (the distributor ...
'Lord, Give Me Patience,' 'Dark Buildings,' 'Chess for Three' continue Argentine sales house's bet on European movies Pursuing its strategy of partnering with key European film players, Argentine sales agency FilmSharks Intl. has inked international sales rights to a trio of upcoming features from Spain, led by Atresmedia Cine’s comedy “Lord, Give Me Patience.” FilmSharks has also picked up Nicolás Gil Lavedra&...
UPCOMING 2017 American Pavilion Schedule http://www.ampav.com Please Note: PANEL ACCESS IS ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS. WE SUGGEST YOU ARRIVE 45 MINUTES BEFORE KEY PANELS TO ENSURE SEATING. WE ALSO HAVE WIRELESS HEADPHONES TO ENJOY THE PANEL FROM THE TERRACE IF YOU ARE LATE/SPACE IS NOT AVAILABLE INSIDE PANEL ROOM ITSELF. Monday, May 22 11:00AM Industry in Focus: Hollywood & China and The Future of International...
DAISY RIDLEY AS OPHELIA COVERT MEDIA HANDLING INTERNATIONAL SALES IN CANNES The highly anticipated drama is currently in production in Prague. The star laden cast includes Naomi Watts, Clive Owen and George MacKay. The first look high res still is attached here. Info on the project below. Photo Credit: Julie Vrabelova Cast: Daisy Ridley (upcoming Murder on the Orient Express, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) Two-time Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts (Divergent series, The Impossible) ...
The first Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival with the collaboration of the Greek Film Center. Please note that you need a Market Badge to enter (otherwise contact us). 2 documentaries and 3 feature fiction films in post-production will be showcased during the Marché du Film, Festival de Cannes, looking for post-production funds, sales agents, buyers, distributors and festival screenings. Film extracts of the selection will be ...
KERING AND THE FESTIVAL DE CANNES WELCOMED ISABELLE HUPPERT, CATHERINE DENEUVE, UMA THURMAN, AND JESSICA CHASTAIN, AT THE OFFICIAL WOMEN IN MOTION AWARDS' DINNER The Women in Motion Awards' official dinner welcomed 200 guests on Place de la Castre, Le Suquet, on the hills of Cannes on Sunday, 21 May 2017. The Women in Motion programme aims to shine a spotlight on women's contribution to cinema. On this occasion, François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO of Kering, P...
The first edition of Amman International Film Festival - Awal Film, due to take place in 2018, was announced today during the 70th Cannes Film Festival. This new festival offers a different and innovative concept in the Arab World. It is organized by the Royal Film Commission - Jordan and MAD Solutions, in collaboration with the Arab Cinema Center. The festival's main competitions will be dedicated to debut Arab films, not only in the field of directing, but also in six other cine...
EXCLUSIVE: Film Sharks scores sales on redemption feature. Black Snow (Nieve Negra), the thriller starring Argentinian superstar Ricardo Darin who is in official selection at Cannes Film Festival with The Summit (El Cordillera), has sparked a flurry of multi-platform transactions for Film Sharks including a global streaming deal with Netflix. Fabian Bielinsky protégé Martin Hodara’s film has also gone to DirecTV for Latin American TVoD ...
During a master class at the Cannes Film Festival, film icon Clint Eastwood said that after a five year hiatus he will return to acting in front of the camera. This announcment was met by a three-minute long ovation for those lucky enough to be in attendance. Eastwood's last on-screen performance was in 2012 for the film "Trouble With the Curve." alongside Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake. The 86 year old actor director said he missed performing "once in a while but not often...
Friends of Donald Ranvaud gathered in the Marché to celebrate his legacy and a dear festival circuit network of friendship. This video was shown to Donald Ranvaud's friends gathered in the Palais around Jérôme Paillard Marché du Film executive Director and Giulia Camilla Braga, colleague of Donald ( Senior Communications Consultant) at Connect 4 Climate who edited this nice video! Pictures will be posted on our facebook page ...
Greetings from Tromaville! Troma Entertainment presents the World Premiere of Lloyd Kaufman's newest masterpiece Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Vol 2, the conclusion to his two-part event film Return to Nuke 'Em High. The 43 year old iconic independent film company will present three screenings May 23rd-25th at the Arcades 3 Cinema, 77 Rue Félix Faure, 06400 Cannes, France. All World Wide Rights Available. About Lloyd Kaufman: ...
Cannes 2017 - Chinese and European professionals discussed may 19th the new growth of Chinese arthouse cinema and the opportunities this brings to the collaboration between the two industries. On the 19th May, as part of the China Co-Production Day, the CNC, the Marché du Film and Bridging the Dragon will organize a panel focusing on the new growth of Chinese arthouse cinema and its impact on the collaboration with Europe. Among the panellists: Wei Lu, pr...
This mixer party became an unmissable and fun event for lovers and film professionals involved in genre movies. Key players, filmmakers, distributors and sales agents and festival organizers mingled for 4 hours in the Plage des Palmes. The stage adress and introduction By Market Chief Jerôme Paillard was followed by a few welcome speeches from the key genre festivals in town. More pictures on Facebook ...
Unabomb is a thriller starring Viggo Mortensen and has been sold to multiple countries, especially in Europe. IM Global was able to make deals all across Europe, selling to Germany (Tobis), France (Metropolitan), Italy (Eagle), Spain (TriPictures), Greece (Odeon), Benelux (Splendid), Scandinavia (Scanbox), and the Middle East (Salim Ramia). The film is directed by Robert Lorenz. - Manette Asta SaveSave ...
May 21st on Plage 45, The UNHCR (The UN Refugee Agency) and IEFTA (The International Emerging Film Talent Association) hosted a party to discuss their cause, and the film they made which focuses on refugees and raising awareness to their daily struggles. The party was light and happy but the cause behind the party has a much more serious tone. Thousands of people are dying on the sea as they try to flee their homeland, and the UNHCR and IEFTA put out a film including a music video, 'Dange...
'The Moomins' are beloved Finnish storybook characters and their next motion picture adaptation, the stop-motion animated Moomins and the Winter Wonderland has landed a Chinese theatrical release in a deal made at Cannes. Los Angeles-based Global Genesis Group made the deal with Hong Kong's Spring Era Films and is produced by Finnish film company Filmkompaniet and Poland's Animoon. Global Gensis will be in charge of the worldwide sales. - Manette Asta...
Dear film buyers we are happy to invite to our market introductions of the Ones to Watch from Filmfestivals.com with two films from Iran and a film from Romania and one from Japan. Last save the date for the Animation Day in Cannes Discoveries May 23 Angel's Salvation by Hassan AKHONDPOOR Buyers are cordially invited to the Market PREMIERE in Cannes of Angel's Salvation by Hassan AKHONDPOOR 24 Mai / Palais B / 9h30 Iran 2017 90 minutes&...
Opening Film Animation Day in Cannes -Animation that Matters Award Winner Join us for the screening May 22 Gray 2 at 8:00 pm RSVP and meet the producers and director In a war torn country, a female writer and teacher has to accompany two of her students on a life changing journey. Ali Noori Oskouei Director Majid Asoodegan Writer Ali Noori Oskouei Producer Director serving as Chairman of Eshragh Co; Manager of Iran cinema research center; Member of ASIFA IRAN manag...
Buyers are cordially invited to the Market PREMIERE in Cannes of THE WANDERERS by Dragos Buliga May 23 Olympia 9 at 5:30 pm Please RSVP: Claudia Stavrositu “THE WANDERERS” starring Armand Assante and Lior Ashkenazi is an independent production shot last summer in the breathtaking surroundings of Transylvania -Romania, based on a powerful and original script, with an outstanding cinematography and directed by a very talented Romanian ...
In a panel today at 11:00am in the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, international casting directors and other memebers of the industry discussed the qualities of a successful and effective casting director. They also discussed the evolution of casting in the industry as well as how best to collarborate with directors, actors, agents, and producers. The panel included Richard Cook, Lisa Richards Agency, Ireland; Constance Domontoy, France; Jenny Jue, CSA, USA; Tusse...
Akon performed at Gotha in Cannes on Saturday night. The first weekend of Le Festival de Cannes was also the opening weekend for Gotha Club. The club attendees were very well dressed as excitement brewed for the 3 am appearance of Akon. The rapper has been frequently performing in Cannes since 2011 and while he does not have any recent music out he still pleased the audience with his classic club hits. Akon's appeal does not seem to have spread very widely as while the crowd was excited, t...
The Sacred Festival of Beauty publishes its program and announces an exceptional panel with Wim Wenders and Monsignor Vigano (Vatican) ILE SAINT HONORAT Session of Artists diaconie of beauty "the artist and the perfume" SAINT HONORAT ISLAND Session of Artists diaconia of beauty "the artist and the perfume" FROM SUNDAY 21 TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2017 Under the presidency of Msgr. Gilbert Louis, Bishop Emeritus of Chalons in Champagne, with severa...
In a deal made at Cannes, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) has aquired most of the worldwide rights for Amma Asante's Where Hands Touch from Protagonist Pictures. It is a multi-territory deal with Sony obtaining most worldwide rights, with the exception of certain European areas and Australia. It was negoitated by Protagonist CEO Mike Goodridge and head of worldwide sales Vanessa Saal with SPWA's Joe Matukewicz executive vp acquisitions and Michael Helfand, executive...
The Refugee Voices in Film screening was located at the Doc Corner in the Palais, at 10 am, May 21st. A series of blocks of videos were presented, each with different themes and voices. Part One was focused on the stories of refugees and their traumatic experiences, showing the pain and suffering they have to go through while they try to live their lives. Part two showed the making of a music video, called "Dangerous Crossings", which was sung with multiple singers fro...
Market screening: Today at 4h00 pm, Palais C Monday May 22 at 4h00 pm, Lerins 1 Directed by Amichai Greenberg Cast: Ori Pfeffer, Rivka Gur, Hagit Dasberg, Ori Yaniv Produced by: GUM FILM in co-production with FREINBEUTERFILM Israel, Austria 2017 | 90 min. | Language: Hebrew, German, English | Drama ...
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; color: #1e497d; -webkit-text-stroke: #1e497d} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} “Virtual Reality isn’t just a niche thing,” explained Alfredo Guilbert, Chief Operating Officer of San Francisco’s Digital Film Cloud Network. He went on to explain how VR could be used for a variety of things far beyond video games or movies. Guilbert spoke on a panel of other well-known names in Virtual Reality such as Kan...
Wind River A film by Taylor Sheridan, Wind River brings attention to the dangerous lives of Native American woman, and life on a reservation. With Jeremey Renner and Elizabeth Olsen, this movie never had a dull moment. Not once did I wonder how much time it had left, or even steer away in my mind to think about something else. However, some very violent parts of the film were extemely hard to watch. The story was powerful and on multiple occasions I found myself moved to tears. O...
Last night I was able to attend a showing of Wind River at the Debussy Theatre, where part of the cast, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, and Julia Jones, and the director, Taylor Sheridan, aslo arrived. It was a stunning picture and the performances by Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy Renner were impressive. The film is set in an isolated snowy town in Wyoming and it follows a hunter, Corey Lambert (Renner), who helps a rookie FBI agent, Jane Banner (Olsen), after Lambert uncovers the body of...
VEEP actor Matt Walsh will star in a romantic comedy alongside French actress Judith Godreche. Archie Borders is the director and one of the writers, the other being David Henry. The film begins with a bourbon salesman (Walsh) approaching his 50s, who proposes to his best friend's daughter underneath the Eiffel Tower, where he is rejected. The Orchard obtained worldwide rights in a deal that closed at Cannes. - Manette Asta ...
Jesse Eisenberg will play the legendary mime Marcel Marceau in upcoming film Resistance. The film will focus on Marcel Marceau's involvement in the French resistance during World War II and how he learned to mime to survive and to save Jewish orphans. The film will be directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz with a screenplay that he also wrote. - Manette Asta ...
The Wonderful and Imaginary Film Festival founded by Benedicte Beaugeois will be hosting a cocktail party at the St. Petersburg-Clearwater film pavilion today, May 20th from 17h to 19h! A unique festival, celebrating many things such as wonder, dreams, imagination, magic, fables, fairy tales, poetry, mystical and legendary, and so much more. It brings a different feel to the Cannes Film Festival with the light-heartedness of the event, and it will allow you to open your mind to more extr...
RESERVE NOW Couture Fashion Week New York and the Global Short Film Awards are pleased to present a very special event: Cannes Fashion and Global Short Film Awards to be held during the world-famous Cannes International Film Festival. See video highlights from the 2016 event. – Red carpet, champagne and hors d’oeuvres reception, gourmet dinner. – Fashion shows by designers ANDRES AQUINO, LUCIANA ADULARI, ...
Deals signed for Australia, New Zealand, the Baltics and Taiwan. Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has scored fresh deals on Inseparables, the Latin American remake of French smash Intouchables starring Coppa Volpi winner Oscar Martinez. Marcos Carnevale directed the buddy film starring Martinez as a wealthy quadriplegic and Rodrigo de la Serna as his caregiver. Rights have gone to Palace for Australia and New Zealand, Big Film for CIS and Baltics, and Cineplex for Taiwan. Glo...
SCREENING OF THE DAY - 20/05 Click to see the trailer! PALAIS E - 2:00 PM HITLER'S HOLLYWOOD DCP/HD • GERMANY • 2017 • 105 min The Third Reich cinema was a heavily censored industry and at the same time, longed to be a German dream factory. It produced, among others, the Nazi blockbuster "Münchhausen", at the request o...
RHIFF INDUSTRY PARTY AT CANNES 2017 COME JOIN RHIFF FOR OUR INDUSTRY PARTY AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2017 WHERE: MORRISONS IRISH BAR, 8/10 Rue Tesseire, Cannes, France. WHEN: 8pm Wednesday 24th May 2016 JOIN the RHIFF Team and Irish Women in Film for a night of Music, Screenings and Networking. Starts 8pm until Late. Map to Morrison's click here In 1963 Richard Harris won The Best Actor Award in Cannes for his film “Man in the Wilderness” 53 years later, in the sam...
Cannes competition director Fatih Akin has been awarded a Green Shooting Card for the Diane Kruger starrer In the Fade; French actress Audrey Dana is representing Ecoprod as its Ambassador in Cannes; and Italian filmmaker Peter Mercias is premiering his green-produced film Strollica in the Short Film Corner. And this year’s Producer on the Move Verena Gräfe-Höft has continued following best practices since her Un Certain Regard entry Nothing Bad Can Happen in 2013. In th...
Ploey Pre Teaser from ARRI Media GmbH Ploey - You Never Fly Alone (release date end 2017) Ploey is a 3D animated feature film co-produced by Gunhil & Cyborn (Iceland & Belgium) ARRI Media will be showing to buyers Sat. May 20th, 12:00 AM, 12:30 AM, 1:00 PM, GRAY 3. From the creators of "Legends of Valhalla -THOR" comes a touching story filled with adventure for the entire family. It tells the story of a young golden plover having tr...
Film Mode Entertainment (FME), one of the leading independent entertainment companies, specializing in the sales, licensing, representation, marketing and distribution of commercially viable content across the globe announces Mathilde Epstein has joined FME as COO to the ever-expanding company. “I’m thrilled to announce Mathilde has officially joined Film Mode.” Said Clay Epstein, President of Film Mode...
First look image of TRIPLE THREAT courtesy of Arclight Films New action-packed feature from Arclight Films starring Tony Jaa, Tiger Chen and Iko Uwais rounds out cast and moves into final stages of production CANNES (May 19, 2017) – Arclight Films announces the Cannes World Market Premiere of the new English-language action film, TRIPLE THREAT. The film stars martial arts masters Tony Jaa (ONG BAK 1, 2 & 3, upcoming XXX: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE, FAST AND...
Film Mode Entertainment Brings VIKING DESTINY To the Shores of Cannes IAN BEATTIE (Game of Thrones, ALEXANDER) joins new epic odyssey adventure starring TERENCE STAMP as the film achieves multiple sales, completes financing via Head Gear and begins principal photography CANNES (May 19, 2017) – Film Mode Entertainment (FME) announces the attaching of Ian Beattie (Game of Thrones, ALEXANDER) to the cast ...
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19 Mai 2017 – La Princesse Royale Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi a présidé hier soir la traditionnelle Thai Night 2017 – Where Films Come Alive, un événement qui célèbre le cinéma Thaï et son industrie à l’occasion de la 70e édition du Festival de Cannes. Pendant cette soirée, neuf sociétés de productions Thaï étaient présentent, Benetone F...
Au cours du Dîner des Professionnels qui aura lieu ce vendredi 19 mai dans le Grand Salon du Carlton, Pierre Lescure, Président du Festival de Cannes et Thierry Frémaux, Délégué général, rendront hommage à Jeffrey Katzenberg, pour sa contribution dans l’industrie de l’animation et plus largement dans l’histoire du cinéma mondial. ...
Dans un monde traversé par de terribles secousses et de formidables promesses, rien n’est plus important que d’informer, de distraire, et de faire accéder à la beauté. Depuis un siècle, c’est ce que fait le cinéma, sous des formes multiples. Il est aujourd’hui plus que jamais, partout dans le monde, au centre des activités humaines. Chaque jour, des milliers de femmes et d’hommes, surtout des jeunes, vont au cin&...
La Diaconie de la Beauté présente : Du 18 au 27 mai 2017, au coeur du Festival de Cannes, le Festival Sacré de la Beauté, un « off » de l’âme, célèbre la rencontre du Cinéma et de la Spiritualité. Rencontres, conférences, concerts et créations artistiques permettent de faire le lien entre la Beauté et l’Intériorité, entre recherche esthétique et...
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