Kaunas International Film Festival has become the official representative of the European network of film associations NISI MASA in Lithuania. The membership of the Lithuanian festival in this project will open up wide opportunities of international projects and festivals not only for young film artists and critics, but also for film students and other players of the film industry.
“NISI MASA is a European network that involves and gives access for youth to the film industry. N...
Argentinian director Pablo Giorgelli poses next to
South Korean director and President of the Camera d'Or jury Joon Ho Bong (Left)
and Spanish actress Marisa Paredes after being awarded with the Camera d'Or
(best first film) for his movie "Las Acacias" during the closing ceremony of the
64th Cannes Film Festival on May 22, 2011 in Cannes
AFP/Valéry Hache
The official Jury of this 64th Festival de Cannes, presided over by Robert De Niro, revealed this evening the prizes winners during the Closing Ceremony.
Mélanie Laurent hosted Jane Fonda on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière to award the Palme d'or to the best film among the 20 in Competition.
Christophe Honoré's closing film Beloved starring Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel and Milos Forman, was screened at the end of the...
The official Jury of this 64th Festival de Cannes, presided over by Robert De Niro, revealed this evening the prizes winners during the Closing Ceremony. Mélanie Laurent hosted Jane Fonda on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière to award the Palme d'or to the best film among the 20 in Competition. Christophe Honoré's closing film Beloved starring Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel and Milos Forman, was screened at the end of the ceremony in the presence ...
It reportedly costs 95 euros ($135) for a short film to be considered for Cannes (AFP/File, Anne-Christine Poujoulat)
By Robert MacPherson (AFP)
CANNES, France — Jordan Bayne came to Cannes looking for distribution
for her dramatic short "The Sea is All I Know", if not to catch a movie
or two.
Soon she realised that, for an independent film-maker,
the real value of turning up at the world's biggest film festival lies
in the networking possibilities -- and...
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof (AFP/File, Rafa Rivas)
AFP
CANNES, France — Iranian dissident Mohammad Rasoulof won the Cannes
prize for best director in the Un Certain Regard section Saturday but
could not attend because of "Kafkaesque" authorities at home.
Rasoulof's
wife received the prize for "Be Omid e Didar" (Goodbye) on his behalf
after mounting speculation about whether the director, who is appealing a
lengthy jail sente...
We’re excited to open up submissions here in Cannes for the seventh edition of ÉCU, taking place from March 30th to April 1st 2012 in Paris, France. We can’t wait to see what you all have to show us this year!
Pour tous nos fans ÉCU prêts et impatients – nous sommes désormais prêts d’accepter toutes vos soumissions 2012! Nous attendons avec grande impatience pour vos submissions!
US actor Sean Penn (AFP, Francois Guillot)
CANNES, France - A risk-taking road movie starring Sean Penn as an
ageing 1980s pop star in search of his father's Nazi tormentor emerged
as a front-runner Friday as the Cannes competition wound down. "This
Must Be The Place", named for the Talking Heads song recently covered
by Arcade Fire, both of which feature in the film, is the latest Cannes
contender by Italian iconoclast Paolo Sorrentino. Bearing a strong
resembla...
Canadian actor Ryan Gosling (AFP, Anne-Christine Poujoulat)
CANNES, France - The Cannes film festival got a shot of high-octane
drama on Friday with "Drive," a violent film-noir thriller set in Los
Angeles, rich in Detroit iron and inspired in part by the Brothers
Grimm. Canadian actor Ryan Gosling stars in Danish auteur Nicolas
Winding Refn's tale of a solitary Hollywood stunt-car driver and
part-time wheelman for armed robbers who morphs into a cold...
Cinéfondation Prizes 2011 awarded today by Michel Gondry and his Jury
The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury (Julie Gayet, Jessica Hausner, Corneliu Porumboiu, João Pedro Rodrigues and President Michel Gondry) has awarded the Cinéfondation Prizes during a ceremony in Buñuel Theatre before the screening of the winning films.
Sixteen student films coming from Asia, America and Europe composed this year’s program. They have been selected out of 1,600 entries.
First Prize...
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One of the most controversial movies of all time A Clockwork Orange was screened at the Salle de Soixantieme, with the presence of Malcolm McDowell and Christiane Kubrick . This screening was a remastered version of the film, as it is the 40th anniversary of the film. Before the screening of the movie, Malcolm McDowell and Christiane Kubrick was briefly interviewed in the front of the theatre. They received a standing ovation from every single person in the room, as the movie is recognized by ...
Uma Thurman poses upon arrival to the 2011 amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS Benefit Gala (AFP/File, Martin Bureau)
CANNES, France — Monaco's Prince Albert II and his bride-to-be Charlene
Wittstock joined other celebrities on Thursday for an AIDS fundraising gala on
the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival.
Founded by the late Elizabeth Taylor, whose portrait looked down on the
revellers, the fundraiser for the American AIDS research foundation amFAR is
the biggest of its ...
Lars von Trier poses during the photocall of "Melancholia" (AFP/File, Francois Guillot)
Lars von Trier poses during the photocall of "Melancholia" (AFP/File, Francois Guillot)
Cannes barred provocative Danish director Lars von Trier Thursday amid a growing backlash over his remarks about Adolf Hitler, but his film remains in the race for the festival's top prize.
Blackballing one of Europe's most prominent film-makers, festival organizers declared the 55-year-o...
Former Governor is 'focusing on personal matters' and not committing to prod'n schedules, a press release has been issued."At the request of Arnold Schwarzenegger, we asked Creative Artists Agency to inform all his motion picture projects currently under way or being negotiated to stop planning until further notice," a representative said in a statement. "Gov. Schwarzenegger is focusing on personal matters and is not willing to commit to any production schedules or timelines. This includes 'Cry ...
Lars von Trier poses during the photocall of "Melancholia" (AFP/File, Francois Guillot)Cannes barred provocative Danish director Lars von Trier Thursday amid a growing backlash over his remarks about Adolf Hitler, but his film remains in the race for the festival's top prize.Blackballing one of Europe's most prominent film-makers, festival organizers declared the 55-year-old auteur "persona non grata" -- telling him in effect to stay away from the world's biggest cinema jamboree.In a statement, ...
"A.L.I.C.E." has been nominated for TWO awards at the Art Deco
Film Festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil: BEST DIGITAL FILM (Dawn Westlake)
and BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Francesco Uboldi). The film screens there on
May 20th, 2011.
"A.L.I.C.E." is currently screening in Cannes, presented by Ouat Media.
For more information, please contact fred.joubaud@ouatmedia.com
For more info on the film, please visit: http://www.dawnwestlake.com/dawnwestlake/rondecana/films/ali...
The Festival de Cannes provides artists from around the world with an exceptional forum to present their works and defend freedom of expression and creation. The Festival's Board of Directors, which held an extraordinary meeting this Thursday 19 May 2011, profoundly regrets that this forum has been used by Lars Von Trier to express comments that are unacceptable, intolerable, and contrary to the ideals of humanity and generosity that preside over the very existence of the Festival. ...
A little over halfway done with Festival de
Cannes now! How about some pretty impressive fun facts and numbers to
give you an idea of how big this production is?
2km: The total length of red carpet unraveled over the duration of the festival; carpets are changed three times a day.
6: New languages were added to the Cannes website last year to stress the festival’s international character.
15%: The percentage of their annual turnover that Cannes hotels earn in just 12 ...
by Charles Onians (On Twitter: @abcharlieafp http://twitter.com/#!/abcharlieafp)
CANNES
, France
The dirty world of French politics was dragged up the Cannes red carpet Wednesday with the premiere of "The Conquest," the much-anticipated tale of Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power.
The press packed out the main theatre at Cannes to view the film, showing out of competition, after months of speculation about what would be revealed in "the story of a man wh...
by Deborah Cole (On Twitter: @doberah http://twitter.com/#!/doberah)CANNES, France Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami in March had a powerful impact on Naomi Kawase's haunting new film in competition at Cannes, the Japanese director said on Wednesday. "Hanezu" -- one of 20 contenders for the coveted Palme d'Or to be awarded by jury president Robert De Niro on Sunday -- tells the story of a love triangle in the mountainous Asuka region, seen as the birthplace of the Japane...
In a week when men behaving badly dominate the headlines, a refreshing sense of cognitive dissonance has set in at the 64th Cannes Film Festival. The festival features a record four female directors in contention for the coveted Palme d’Or — the festival’s grand prize, which will be bestowed on May 22. But some of this year’s most highly anticipated films by men, including such legendary figures as Terrence Malick, Lars von Trier and the Dardennes brothers, have shared a st...
CANNESDanish director Lars von Trier apologised on Wednesday for remarking at the Cannes film festival that he sympathised "a little bit" with Adolf Hitler. "If I have hurt someone this morning by the words I said at the press conference, I sincerely apologize," he said in an email sent to AFP by Meta Louise Foldager, a producer of his latest film "Melancholia". "I am not anti-Semitic or racially prejudiced in any way, nor am I a Nazi." ...
Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg look on in disbelief as the "Melancholia" director shocks at Cannes press conference.
Danish director Lars Von Trier pulled a Mel Gibson in Cannes Wednesday, giving a shocking and hilarious press conference for his new film Melancholia in which he admitted to being a Nazi, to understanding Hitler and speculated that his next movie could be The Final Solution.
Von Trier has never been very P.C. and his Cannes press conferences alway...
Both films (a feature film and a short film) tell a story based on the true life of Rector of The Grande Mosquée de Paris who saved young jews in 1942 by forging certificates of muslim origin for hundreds of young jews.
500 to 1600 the exact figure is not available, on Schindlers's list
there WAS a list
Free Men (Les hommes libres) written and directed by Ismaël FERROUKHI, produced by Fabienne Vonier starring Tahar Ramin... will screen may 19th in Official selection, a spe...
