The opening ceremony for Cannes Film Festival opened with the presentation of Pedro Almodovar's "Bad Education". Quentin Tarantion head of the jury walked up with the film cast and Sofia Coppola and many more film talents.Also invited on the steps were the french showbiz demonstrators who did not prevent the protocole from running smoothly.talents....
Michael Moore was in Cannes to present Fahrenheit 9/11 and held a press conference with Variety at the American Pavillion...
Shrek 2 showed in Cannes film festival oustside of competition. The press conference displayed one of the most impressive line up in the festival....
MAY 17th 2004, 0930-1600 Panel presented by peacefulfish,Amongst the speakers:Angelo Acerbi,Torino Piemonte Film Commission, ItalySilvio Borri, ELSACOM, ItalyBernard Brochand, Mayor of the City of Cannes, Member of Parliament,Constantin Daskalakis, Head of Media Program, BrusselsBruce Eisen, CinemaNow, USAMaximilien Jazani, SALANS, FranceAndré Logie, Lawyer, BelgiumStefan Lütje, Linklaters Oppenhoff & Rädler, BerlinRoland Perez, Media Pole, City of CannesJoel Phiri, IMG Productions, South Afr...
Films Day 5Official CompetitionLOOK AT ME Agnès JaouiTHE HOLY GIRL Lucrecia MartelOut of CompetitionNOTRE MUSIQUE Jean Luc Godard KILL BILL VOL.2 Quentin TarantinoTHE GATE OF THE SUN Z CHANNEL: A MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION A Certain RegardDON'T MOVE Sergio CastellittoCRONICAS Sebastián CorderoKONTROLL Nimród AntalCannes ClassicsTHE NEW ONE-ARMED SWORDSMANBYE BYE BRASIL ...
Films Day 4Nominees for the Golden PalmOLD BOY by PARK Chan-wook SHREK 2 by Andrew ADAMSON, Kelly ASBURY and Conrad VERNON Out of CompetitionDAWN OF THE DEAD by Zack SNYDER Z CHANNEL: A MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION by Xan CASSAVETES EPREUVES D'ARTISTES by Gilles JACOB A Certain RegardMOOLAADE by Ousmane SEMBENENELLY by Laure DUTHILLEUL Cannes ClassicsTHE BATTLE OF ALGIERS by Gillo PONTECORVO COLLEGE by James HORNE starring Buster Keaton!...
Cinéfondation99 YEARS OF MY LIFE directed by Marja MIKKONENA TRIP TO THE CITY directed by Corneliu PORUMBOIUBORDER PROJECT directed by Nadav LAPID, Dani ROSENBERG, Rima ESSA, Adi HALFIN, Tamar SINGERFOOTNOTE directed by Pia BORGGAIA directed by Amarante ABRAMOVICIHAPPY NOW directed by Frederikke ASPÖCKLITTLE APOCRYPHA N°2 directed by Kornel MUNDRUCZONEBRASKA directed by Olga ZURAWSKANICE TO SEE YOU directed by Jan KOMASAPLAYING DEAD directed by David HUNTPROPHETIES DU ...
Short FilmsACCORDION directed by Michèle COURNOYERCLOSER directed by David RITTEYFLATLIFE directed by Jonas GEIRNAERTQUIMERA directed by Eryk ROCHATHE GOSPEL OF THE CREOLE PIG directed by Michelange QUAYTHE LAST MINUT directed by Nicolas SALISTHE SWIMMER directed by Klaus HUETTMANNTHINING THE HERD directed by Rie RASMUSSENTRAFIC directed by Catalin MITULESCU...
BAD EDUCATION directed by Pedro ALMODOVARBAD SANTA directed by Terry ZWIGOFFBORN TO FILM directed by Frédéric SOJCHERBREAKING NEWS directed by Johnnie TODAWN OF THE DEAD directed by Zack SNYDERDE-LOVELY directed by Irwin WINKLEREPREUVES D'ARTISTES directed by Gilles JACOBFIVE directed by Abbas KIAROSTAMIHENRI LANGLOIS THE PHANTOM OF THE CINEMATHEQUE directed by Jacques RICHARDHOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS directed by ZHANG YimouI DIED IN CHILDHOOD... directed by Georgiy PARADJA...
Today's films from the official selection are:Nominees for the Golden PalmMondovino by Jonathan Nossiter Life Is A Miracle by Emir Kusturica Out Of Competition Five by Abbas KIAROSTAMI Born To Film by Frédéric SojcherThe 10 Th District Courts by Raymond Depardon A Certain Regard Earth And Ashes by Atiq Rahimi Lu Cheng by Yang Chao A Tout De Suite by Benoît Jacquot Special Cannes Classics Features Pickpocket by Robert Bresson Le Voyage D'amélie by Daniel Duval Moira Sullivan...
Every Year ADAMI selects and funds (among 1000 projects) a few short video presenting new acting and directing talentThe 10 selected directors are all actors turned into director.The theme they all worked upon is Stop Beeing Scared!Their work can be viewed during Cannes:Monday may 17,9h30 salle Bazin du Palais des Festivals,and at 8pm at the Arcades cinema.« A poil ! » d’Emmanuelle BERCOT« Cachez-moi ! » de Michel BOUJENAH« Peurs » de Myriam BOYER« Saint-Joseph, priez pour nous » de De...
Sean Cronin the producer of the modern-day action film 'Pirate.' is sailing the pirate ship The Reaper to the Cannes Film Festival to promote the movie and to dwarf all the plastic-fantastic yachts in the bay?PIRATE is an action/adventure/suspense/thriller. A powerful, violent and bloodthirsty tale of modern day pirating. A 21st Century swashbuckler with treasure, adventure, keel hauls and mutiny, but now with the added advantage of navigational devices and anti-tracking systems.Character drive...
Fernando Meirelles presents, from the production company of the feature film City of God (Cidade de Deus), Up Against Them All (Contra Todos), by Roberto Moreira winner of the Silver Firebird Award at the 28th Hong Kong International Film Festival (Main Competition - Firebird Awards for Young Cinema) An urban drama of betrayal and revenge, set in the poor suburbs of São Paulo. Its principal characters are members of a lower middle class family: Trapped in tragic relationships and realities, the...
Exhaustive listing of films screening at the Market (and at the Festival).Download the excel sheet (1450 screenings) from the following link.You may also visit the webcafé at the Palais Level 01 aisle 21 to download details for your PDA...
The "Arca Cinema Giovani" announced three awards that will be presented tomorrow at the Golden Lion ceremony: Prize for the movie that has best treated the theme "Passagi d'Occidente: encounters, diversities, contrasts" (my sentiments exactly!): Fernando Meirelles's The Constant Gardener, "for having chosen such a difficult and up-to-date subject; for the intense elaborated artistic direction." (France/Germany, 2005)Prize for Best Italian Film: Cristina Comencini's Don't Tell, "for having harmon...
The 6th Annual Los Angeles Italian Film Awards is proud to announce our 2004 Winners. All awards were announced at the LAIFA Gala Sunday April 25, 2004 at the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood.For Best Documentary"A Rhythm For Your Soul- Tarantism And Natural Theraphy" Directed by Giuliano CapaniFor Best Short Subject"Maree", Tides Directed by James PelleritoFor Best Film by an Italian-American Director "Deprivation" Directed By Jesse ScolaroFor Best Film by an Italian Director "Ilaria Alpi - The c...
CANNES 2004: THE JURY OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRITICS (FIPRESCI JURY)David Robinson, UK, presidentGérard Camy, France Howard Feinstein, USADubravka Lakic, Serbia-MontenegroAgnès Catherine Poirier, France Mariano Morace, SwitzerlandBlagoja Kunovski, MacedoniaZlatko Vidackovic, CroatiaHassouna Mansouri, TunesiaSecretary: Caroline Vié-Toussaint, FranceThe jury will present the Prize of the International Critics to films — in the competitive section— in "Un Certain Regard" — in "Directors Fort...
LAIFAFEST 2004OPENING NIGHT FILM PRESENTATIONTuesday, April 20, 2004 • 7:30 PM • Arclight Cinemas"OUR ITALIAN HUSBAND" MARITI IN AFFITTODirector: Ilaria BorrelliStarring: Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Brooke Shields, Chevy Chase and Pierfrancesco FavinoOUR ITALIAN HUSBAND is a romantic comedy that tells the story of an Italian woman who flies across the Atlantic to New York City in search of her husband and finds him married to another woman. Two wives, four children and one husband must find a wa...
L'adoption written and directed by Alain-Paul MallardScreened at Paris Film Festival earlier in AprilIt is summer in a small town in France, a heat that weighs listlessly on a landscape of newly constructed identical houses and dry wasteland, intersected with slip roads and railway lines. To assuage their boredom, best friends Marion (Selma El Mouissi) and Mélanie (Iliana Zabeth), 10 and 12 years old respectively, ride around on their bikes and claim as their own a half-completed building aband...
NEXT GENERATION 2004This year will be the seventh time that the Export-Union of German Cinema is presenting a selection of short films by German film students under the banner of "Next Generation" at the Cannes Film Festival.The 2004 edition of the "Next Generation" short film programme will be shown to an audience of industry professionals on Sunday, May 16, at 8.00 p.m. in the STAR Cinema. The programme comprises nine productions from eight academies and was compiled as usual by an expert jury...
April 15th is tax day. But all the stress of income tax preparations and payments evaporated when the rousing theme song from San Francisco, the 1936 movie starring Jeannette MacDonald and Clark Gable, blasted from the pipes of the Castro Theatre’s Mighty Wurlitzer organ. Everyone in the 1400-seat movie palace clapped along. As Wu-Tang Clan producer and Kill Bill composer RZA proclaimed about the 1922 historic landmark: “This theatre here is crazy--off the hook.” ...
Sean Cronin the producer of the modern-day action film 'Pirate.' is sailing the pirate ship The Reaper to the Cannes Film Festival to promote the movie and to dwarf all the plastic-fantastic yachts in the bay?PIRATE is an action/adventure/suspense/thriller. A powerful, violent and bloodthirsty tale of modern day pirating. A 21st Century swashbuckler with treasure, adventure, keel hauls and mutiny, but now with the added advantage of navigational devices and anti-tracking systems.Character drive...
LANGUAGES & THE MEDIA – New Markets, New Tools5th International Conference & ExhibitionNew trends in digital media, language policy and marketing strategies in TV, cinema and the interne t– The 5th international conference Languages & The Media in November, 3 – 5, 2004 in BerlinThe 5th International Language and the Media conference and exhibition has chosen “New Markets, New Tools” as its main theme. Over the course of two days, internationally renowned experts will present and dis...
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL « CINEMA NOUVELLE GENERATION » LYON – FRANCE JUNE 16-20th 2004The 3rd International Festival “Cinema Nouvelle Generation” will take place from 16 to 20 June 2004 in Lyon (France).This is the only digital film festival in France.Only digital fiction or animation films finished after 2003 January 1st and never previously shown in French public theatres (with or without 35 mm film) will be considered for candidature. CONCEPT – alternative content in alternative pla...
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL « CINEMA NOUVELLE GENERATION »LYON – FRANCE JUNE 16-20th 2004The 3rd International Festival “Cinema Nouvelle Generation” will take place from 16 to 20 June 2004 in Lyon (France).This is the only digital film festival in France.Only digital fiction or animation films finished after 2003 January 1st and never previously shown in French public theatres (with or without 35 mm film) will be considered for candidature. CONCEPT – alternative content in alternative plac...
