One of the most highly-anticipated films of the film festival is Ryan Gosling's directorial debut, Lost River. With screenings at 14h, 22h, and press screenings in between, the film gained hype before and on the day of it's premiere. The crowd outside the 22h screening was a large percentage 20-somethings and younger, fans of Gosling's previous works and of the actor himself.
Gosling said a few short words on stage next to the stars of the film, including Christina Hendrix and...
The idea is simple:
A married woman and a single man meet.
They love, they argue, fists fly.
A dog strays between town and country.
The seasons pass.
The man and woman meet again.
The dog finds itself between them.
The other is in one,
the one is in the other
and they are three.
The former husband shatters everything.
A second film begins:
the same as the first,
and yet not.
From the human r...
The Second Chechen War. 1999. THE SEARCH recounts, on a human scale, a powerful story of conflict told through four lives that will be brought together by a shocking twist of fate.
After his parents are killed in their village, a small boy flees, joining the flood of refugees. He meets Carole, a European Union delegation head and little by little, with her help, he will return to life. At the same time, his elder sister Raïssa searches tirelessly for him amongst the civilian exodus.
The...
The following is a list of films featured in the Non-Competition Categories: Un Certain Regard, La Quinzaine des Realisateurs, and Semaine de la Critique.
Un Certain Regard
Fantasia: Father got leukaemia. Mother was laid off long ago. She had to borrow money for her husband everywhere. Sister went to a night club to be a waitress secretly and soon became a “call girl”. Lin was cold-shouldered at school because of father’s illness. He became disgusted of school. One ...
Every Cannes FIlm Festival goer knows that even with the highest priority badge, there is going to be a lot of waiting in line. Festival attendees are advised to arrive at least an hour before a screening, and upwards of two hours for the more highly anticipated films.
But knowing that everyone else has the same idea can lead some to stake out their spots much earlier.
This group of interns at the American Film Pavilion put down stakes at 18hr for the 22hr screening of Lost Riv...
Directed by : Naomi KAWASE
Country: FRANCE, JAPAN, SPAIN
Year: 2014
Duration: 118.00 minutes
On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. During the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend Kyoko will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery.
Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life, death a...
Directed by : Jean-Pierre DARDENNE Luc DARDENNE
Country: BELGIUM, FRANCE, ITALY
Year: 2014
Duration: 95.00 minutes
Sandra has only one weekend to visit her colleagues and - with the help of her husband - convince them to sacrifice their bonuses so she can keep her job.
...
The United Kingdom Pavilion hosted a panel called "The Magic 10 Million£: The Key to Producing a 10 Million£+ Feature FIlm" today.
Panelists included [left to right] Danny Perkins, CEO of StudioCanal; Andy Mason, Joint CEO of Altitude Film Entertainment; Ben Roberts, Director of BFI Lottery Film Funds, who lead the panel; Claudia Bluemhuber, Managing Partner at Silver Reel; and Simon Oaks of Hammer Films.
Oaks stared with the importance of gaining a partner ...
ABOVE: cast of Foxcatcher on the red carpet Monday the 19th [photo courtesy of greenwichtime.com]
The forecast Monday here in Cannes called for heavy rain beginning around noon and lasting well into the night, with 70% precipitation increasing up to 90%.
Fortunately, the rain that hit was intermittent at best and rarely more than a drizzle, sending the journalists, producers, and visiting cinematic fans scurrying about thankfully without much call for umbrellas, although the vendors st...
Celebrities such as HIlary Swank, Sonam Kapoor, Adriana Lima, and The Homesman director Tommy Lee Jones turned out on the red carpet to dazzle before the Premiere of Jones' film.
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Maps to the Stars connects the savage beauty of writer Bruce Wagner’s Los Angeles with the riveting filmmaking of director David Cronenberg and a stellar ensemble cast to take a tour into the darkly comic heart of a Hollywood family chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts. The result is a modern Hollywood Gothic at once about the ravenous 21st Century need for fame and validation -- and the yearning, loss and fragility that lurk in the shadows underneath.
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When Olympic Gold Medal winning wrestler Mark Schultz is invited by wealthy heir John du Pont to move on to the du Pont estate and help form a team to train for the 1988 Seoul Olympics at his new state-of-the-art training facility, Schultz jumps at the opportunity, hoping to focus on his training and finally step out of the shadow of his revered brother, Dave. Driven by hidden needs, du Pont sees backing Schultz’s bid for Gold and the chance to “coach” a world-class wrestling t...
The following is a list of films featured in the Non-Competition Categories: Un Certain Regard, La Quinzaine des Realisateurs, and Semaine de la Critique.
Un Certain Regard
Dohee-ya (A Girl at my Door): Young-nam was a promising graduate of the police academy before she was transferred to the small seaside village, which was caused by her misconduct. On her first day to the village, she encounters with Dohee who is the girl living in the town, seeming to have somewhat gloomy looking ...
The star-studded cast of the Expendables 3 promoted their film in Cannes earlier this morning, driving down the glitzy La Croisette in Soviet-era tanks and jeeps. The vehicles could be seen driving around Cannes yesterday after they arrived, leading to much buzz about their purpose. While they may stand out from the typical Rolls Royces and Ferraris that line Cannes' streets during the festival, it was a sight to be seen around 10:45.
Those driving in style included Mel Gibson, Arnold...
On May 17th, the cast of the new Hunger Games film Mockingjay took a break from filming in Paris to experience all that the Cannes Film Festival has to offer. Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, and newest castmember Julianne Moore posed for photos at the Majestic Barriere Hotel on La Croisette just steps away from the Palais' red carpet.
While the movie still has more to film in Paris and then Berlin, the cast already seemed to be celebrating its success, with a lavis...
Directed by : Alice Rohrwacher
Country: ITALY, SWITZERLAND, GERMANY
Year: 2014
Duration: 110.00 minutes
Nothing will be the same at the end of this summer for Gelsomina and her three younger sisters. She is the designated heir of the strange, secluded kingdom that her father constructed around them to protect his family from “the end of the world”. An extraordinary summer, when the strict rules that hold the family together, are beginning to break: in part due to the arrival o...
Directed by : Tommy Lee JONES
Country: UNITED STATES
Year: 2014
Duration: 122.00 minutes
Mary Bee Cuddy, 31, lives a solitary existence in a God-fearing mid-western town. She is designated by members of her church to take back East three women who have lost their minds. On the way from Nebraska to Iowa, where those women will at last find refuge, Mary Bee saves the life of Briggs, a claim-jumper and outlaw. He agrees to help in her mission through snowstorms and perilous encounters with s...
GOTHA is one of the hottest clubs in Cannes, open only during the Film Festival and in the Summer season. Gotha pulls the biggest names in music during the Film Festival, becoming the it-destination for those looking to stay up all night and dance until the sunrise. Acts this year include Martin Garrix, Busta Rhymes, Robin Thicke, Lil Wayne, and on Friday night, Asap Rocky. Despite not showing up with his entourage u
GOTHA is one of the hottest clubs in Cannes, open only during the Film Festival and in the Summer season. Gotha pulls the biggest names in music during the Film Festival, becoming the it-destination for those looking to stay up all night and dance until the sunrise. Acts this year include Martin Garrix, Busta Rhymes, Robin Thicke, Lil Wayne, and on Friday night, Asap Rocky. Despite not showing up with his entourage u
Best-Seller to Box-Office held a cocktail at the Literary Adaption Pavilion yesterday, welcoming producers and screenwriters to hear about the initiative. Founded by Nathalie and Laure Kniazeff five years ago, the company's new online database has been helping connect producers with viable books for film or television adaptation for two years.
The inspiration for Best-Seller to Box-Office, according to co-founder Laure Kniazeff, came from her own experience as a producer having diff...
The following is a list of films featured in the Non-Competition Categories: Un Certain Regard, La Quinzaine des Realisateurs, and Semaine de la Critique.
Un Certain Regard
Run: RUN is running away… He has just killed his country’s Prime Minister. Therefore he had to take the face and clothes of a madman wandering throughout the town for months. His life returns to him in flashes: his childhood with master Tourou, when he dreamt of becoming a rainmaker, his incredible ad...
Vulnerable before a reality that can suddenly be modified and become unpredictable, the characters of Wild Tales cross the thin line that divides civilization from brutality. A story about love deception, the return of the past, a tragedy, or even the violence contained in an everyday detail, appear themselves to push them towards the abyss, into the undeniable pleasure of losing control.
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As one of History's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came out of it in one piece. Directed by Bertrand Bonello, starring Gaspard Uliel, Jeremie Renier, and William Dafoe.
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[Katya Mtsitouridze, Director General of ROSKINO, third from right]
The Russian Pavilion was packed with press Thursday, May 15 for the Gala Opening of the Russian Pavilion at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Katya Mtsitouridze, Director General of ROSKINO, Russia's establishment for the promotion of Russian film and filmmakers in the international community, was there to introduce the program.
There as well was Ukrainian producer Natalya Mokritskaya [below] with her co-producer Mila...
NFVF to screen four films at the 67th Cannes International Film Festival market
16 May 2014: Cannes International Film Festival delegates are in for a great treat when the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) presents four South African films at the festival market to coincide with the 20 Years of Freedom Celebrations. iNumber Number, Miners Shot Down, One Humanityand Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me have been scheduled to have market screenings from today, Friday 16th May 201...
