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SoundTrack Cologne 21 Lifetime Achievement Award for Gustavo Santaolalla

The Lifetime Achievement Award of the twenty-first edition of STC goes to the two-time Academy award winner Gustavo Santaolalla. The composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist will attend SoundTrack_Cologne 21 from the 3rd to the 5th of July. On Wednesday, 3rd of July, Santaolalla will present his German Netflix-series Liebes Kind (Dear Child). He will share the stage with Isabel Kleefeld (director / creative producer and showrunner), Renata Salazar Ivancan (editor), Tom Spieß (produ...

Marché du Film Highlights Final Newsletter

Cannes Marché du Film & Festival NEWSLETTER Coverage from our Team in Cannes : Vanessa McMahon, Moira Sullivan, Alice Kanterian, Nesta Morgan, Phillip Bergson, with red carpet photos by Laurent Hou and Videos from the stairs by Sissy Lin and the blog patrol led by Bruno Chatelin your editor !   Take center stage in Cannes, blast your press releases and invites Take center stage in ...

The Marché du Film closes its 2024 edition with record attendence figures!

We are thrilled to have had you with us, whether from near or far, for this fantastic #MDF24 edition. Your impressive attendance surpassed our expectations, making this our LARGEST market edition ever!  An incredible 15,000 of you gathered here at the heart of the film industry so THANK YOU for joining us!  Discover the first highlights of the 2024 Marché du Film below!       ...

46 efp alumni celebrated premieres in cannes

  EFP’s EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS and PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE alumni with 37 titles at the Festival de Cannes 2024   THE APPRENTICE by Ali Abbasi produced and coproduced by former POM's Ruth Treacy (2021, Ireland), Ditte Milsted (2017, Denmark) and Nima Yousefi (2021, Sweden). European Film Promotion (EFP) and its member organisations are delighted to announce that 32 former participants of EFP’s PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE programme from 22 countries and 14 SHOOTING STARS f...

Isabelle Huppert et l’équipe du film La Prisonnière de Bordeaux sur la Plage Magnum® Cannes

La magie du Festival de Cannes s’intensifie lors d’une nouvelle soirée Magnum@ inoubliable, samedi 18 mai, après la projection très attendue de La Prisonnière de Bordeaux. L’équipe du film, dont la réalisatrice Patricia Mazuy et les talentueuses actrices Isabelle Huppert et Hafsia Herzi, était présente pour ce rendez-vous unique sous les étoiles. Présenté dans le cadre de la Quinzaine des ...

The Olympic Flame honored on top of the red carpet

Photo by ALOHA PICTURES © Winner First Price Photographer's Award Cannes Film Festival Images Collection by  Alan Schoenauer Carlotti © & Patrick Mascaraque © ALOHA PICTURES © Reproductions interdites All rights reserved The Olympic flame in the Olympic movement is a symbol of continuity between ancient and modern games. The Olympic flame is lit at Olympia, G...

VIDEO Captures of Women In Motion Talks: Full Program

WOMEN IN MOTION TALKS FULL PROGRAM From May 14th to May 25th 2024   For the 77th edition of the Festival de Cannes, Women In Motion is proud to welcome prominent female figures of the cinema and entertainment industries to its Talks series. They will discuss their views on women’s representation and diversity in cinema, and more generally in the arts and culture.   You can find the Women In Motion 2024 Press Kit here for an overview of what happened in the past year for wome...

The festival has opened with Director Quentin Dupieux - The Second Act

    The Second Act - The film will premier after the opening ceremony to a full house. Florence wants to introduce David, the man she is madly in love with, to her father Guillaume. But David is not attracted to Florence and wants to get rid of her by throwing her into the arms of his friend Willy. The four characters find themselves in a restaurant in the middle of nowhere. Directed by: Quentin DUPIEUX Year of production: 2024 Country: France Duration: 85 minutes Release...

BIRD Playing today at the Grand Theatre

  12 year old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids and Bailey who is approaching puberty seeks attention and adventure elsewhere. Directed by : Andrea ARNOLD Year of production: 2023 Country: United Kingdom Duration: 119   CREDITS ANDREA ARNOLD Director ANDREA ARNOLD Screenplay ROBBIE RYAN Cinematography MAXINE CARLIER Production Design JOE BINI Editi...

Opening the curtains of the festival: "The Second Act"

By Isabella Walker The emotions were high and positive as the night started with special guests, Meryl Streep, Greta Gerwig, Juliette Binoche, and many more. The house was full of well-known directors, actors, and actresses, producers. The jury introduced the jury for the 77th Festival de Cannes including Ebru Ceylan, Lily Gladstone, Eva Green, Nadine Labaki, Juan Antonio Bayona, Pierfrancesco Favino, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Omar Sy, and on top of that Gret...

Top 3 opening ceremony red carpet looks

Written by Isabella Walker   Meryl Streep.(AP: Invision/Scott Garfitt) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-15/cannes-film-festival-opening-ceremony-red-carpet-2024/103851054 Meryl Streep styled by Micaela Erlanger, stepped onto the red carpet in a beautifully elegant custom Dior haute couture. Sparkly pendant earrings from Fred Leighton Jewelry by Hanut Singh completed her look and a Bella Rosa collection purse matched her earrings as the light hit them glittering pink.  When be...

Semaine de la Critique President of the Jury steps down and Sylvie Pialat has accepted to take over

  Sylvie Pialat, President of the Jury of the 63ʳᵈ Semaine de la Critique ©DAVID BALICK CHANGES IN LA SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE'S JURY Due to personal reasons, Rodrigo Sorogoyen unfortunately has to step down as President of the jury for the 63rd Semaine de la Critique.   Sylvie Pialat has accepted to take over as President of the Jury. French director Iris Kaltenbäck, who successfully presented The Rapture at La Semaine last year, joins the ...

Cannes Impact Day May 16 Panel line-up

IMPACT AT CANNES MARCHÉ DU FILM 2024 ADDRESSES THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY, WOMEN’S RIGHTS & MENTAL HEALTH ACTION   The forthcoming Cannes Marché du Film impACT programme 2024 led by Think-Film Impact Production will highlight innovation, creativity and action in an action-focused day centred on the socially pressing topics of democracy, wo...

Kering and the Festival de Cannes to present the 2024 Women In Motion Emerging Talent Award to Malaysian director Amanda Nell Eu

Photo credit: © Alfonse Chiu Kering and the Festival de Cannes are proud to present the 2024 Women In Motion Emerging Talent Award to Malaysian filmmaker Amanda Nell Eu, selected by Swiss director and 2023 Emerging Talent awardee Carmen Jaquier. Since 2019, the promising female director is chosen by the preceding Award winner to follow in her footsteps and receive this prize, which includes a grant of €50,000 to support the creation of her next film project. The presentation will...

Meryl Streep Guest of honour at the opening ceremony of the 77th Festival de Cannes

Meryl Streep will be the guest of honour at the opening ceremony of the 77th Festival de Cannes which will take place on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière on Tuesday, May 14. A celebrated figure in American cinema, the American actress will kick-off the upcoming edition which will draw to a close on Saturday, May 25th with the awards’ list given by the President of the Jury, Greta Gerwig.   After Jeanne Moreau, Marco Bellocchio, Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Pie...

The Jury of the 77e Festival de Cannes

Greta Gerwig © Ben Rayner / Ebru Ceylan © Nuri Bilge Ceylan / Lily Gladstone © Lindsay Siu / Eva Green © Xavier Torres-Bacchetta / Nadine Labaki © Jihad Hojeili / Juan Antonio Bayona © Germán Romani / Pierfrancesco Favino © Pablo Arroyo / Kore-eda Hirokazu © Mikiya Takimoto / Omar Sy © Selly SY The Jury for the 77th Festival de Cannes, chaired by Greta Gerwig, will include Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan, American actres...

The Un Certain Regard Jury of the 77th Festival de Cannes

The Canadian actor, director, screenwriter and producer Xavier Dolan will be the President of the Un Certain Regard Jury of the 77th Festival de Cannes. He will be joined by French-Senegalese screenwriter and director Maïmouna Doucouré, Moroccan director, screenwriter and producer Asmae El Moudir, German-Luxembourg actress Vicky Krieps, and American film critic, director, and writer Todd McCarthy. They will be in charge of awarding prizes for the Un Certain Regard section, which sh...

Short films and La Cinef Jury and selections of the 77th Festival de Cannes

Flanked by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar, Paolo Moretti, Claudine Nougaret and Vladimir Perišić, the Belgian actress Lubna Azabal will award the Short Film Palme d'or and the 3 La Cinef prizes, the Festival de Cannes' selection dedicated to student films. The Jury will discover the 11 films in the Short Film Competition and the 18 films in La Cinef selection unveiled today. Short films and La Cinef Jury and selections of the 77th Festival de Cannes Lubna Azabal © Domin...

Napoléon by Abel Gance (1st period) opening Cannes Classics at the 77th Festival de Cannes

Napoléon by Abel Gance (1st period)! A legend known to cinephiles the world over, a major work of the silent era, one of the most monumental restorations in the history of filmmaking will be unveiled on May 14 as a world premiere: Napoléon by Abel Gance (1st period), in a version resulting from a colossal, passionate effort by the Cinémathèque française, with the support of the CNC. (photo: Still from the film Napoléon by Abel Gance © La Cin&e...

Palms high in the sky for the official poster of the 77th Festival de Cannes

© Shochiku Co., Ltd. / Kurosawa Prod. – Graphic design © Hartland Villa Rhapsody in August by Akira Kurosawa (1991) All the poetic beauty, hypnotic magic and apparent simplicity of the cinema emerge in this scene from Rhapsody in August, authored by the great Japanese master Akira Kurosawa, 81 at the time. In this film, presented Out of Competition in Cannes in 1991, a grandmother who was a victim of the Nagasaki bombing on August 9, 1945, passes on her faith in love an...

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