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Amat Escalante's "HELI" premiering May 16th In Competition

      In Competition     Directed by: Amat ESCALANTE Country: MEXICO, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, FRANCE Year:2013 Duration: 105.00 minutes SYNOPSIS Estela is a 12 year old girl who has just fallen crazy in love with a young police cadet who wants to run away with her and get married. Trying to achieve this dream, her family will have to live the violence that is devastating the region. CREDITS Amat ESCALANTE&nb...

François Ozon's "JEUNE & JOLIE (YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL)" to premiere May 16 In Competition

  IN competition Directed by: François OZON Country: FRANCE Year: 2013 Duration: 95.00 minutes SYNOPSIS A coming-of-age portrait of a 17-year-old French girl over four seasons and four songs. François OZON - Director François OZON - Screenplay Pascal MARTI - Cinematography Katia WYSZKOP - Set Designer Philippe ROMBI - Music Laure GARDETTE - Film Editor ...

Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring to premiere May 16 in Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard - Film d'Ouverture Directed by : Sofia COPPOLA Country: USA Year: 2012 Duration: 90.00 minutes   Synopsis In the fame-obsessed world of Los Angeles, a group of teenagers take us on a thrilling and disturbing crime-spree in the Hollywood hills. Based on true events, the group, who were fixated on the glamorous life, tracked their celebrity targets online, and stole more than 3 million in luxury goods from their homes. Their victims included Paris Hilton, Orl...

Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale Station to premiere May 16 in Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard   Directed by : Ryan COOGLER Country: USA Year: 2012 Duration: 85.00 minutes Synopsis This is the true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning of December 31, 2008 and feels something in the air. Not sure what it is, he takes it as a sign to get a head start on his resolutions: being a better son to his mother, whose birthday falls on New Year's Eve, being a better partner to his girlfriend, who he hasn't ...

Leonardo Di Caprio and Carey Mulligan guests for Electrolux gala opening dinner at Cannes

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EMBARGOED:  Cannes, France, 23:30 15th May 2013 Electrolux Hosts 2013 Cannes Film Festival Opening Gala Dinner     Electrolux award-winning partner chefs Anne-Sophie Pic,(three Michelin stars) and Bruno Oger (two Michelin stars) team up to cook for film elite. The Cannes Film Festival opening gala dinner was held within the Electrolux Agora Pavilion for the third consecutive year. Guests, including Leonardo Di...

Asghar Farhadi's new film "Le Passé" to premiere May 17th In Competition

In Competition     Directed by: Asghar FARHADI Country: FRANCE, ITALY Year:2013 Duration:130.00 minutes SYNOPSIS Following a four year separation, Ahmad returns to Paris from Tehran, upon his French wife Marie's request, in order to finalize their divorce procedure. During his brief stay, Ahmad discovers the conflicting nature of Marie's relationship with her daughter Lucie. Ahmad's efforts to improve this relationship soon unveil a secret from...

The Great Gatsby to open Cannes

    Out of Competition - Opening Film     Directed by : Baz LUHRMANN Country: USA, AUSTRALIA Year: 2012 Duration: 142.00 minutes SYNOPSIS "The Great Gatsby" follows would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz, bootleg kings, and sky-rocketing stocks. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a myster...

BREAKING GLASS PICTURES TO RELEASE XAVIER DOLAN’S 'LAURENCE ANYWAYS' (2012)

-OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE- XAVIER DOLAN’S LAURENCE ANYWAYS TO OPEN IN THEATERS THIS SUMMER. BREAKING GLASS PICTURES TO RELEASE DOLAN’S HIGHLY ACCLAIMED FILM. EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY GUS VAN SANT. “A towering achievement.”—Huffington Post “Astonishing.”—Variety Acclaimed French-Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan’s feature film Laurence Anyways will be released by Breaking Glass Pictures in U.S. theaters June 28 with a theatrical run throughout J...

Cannes Festival- INDIA is Country in Focus

                                '  Bombay Talkies'- An Ode to Indian Cinema                                                           Cannes Festival, 2013   - Country Focus :  INDIA INDIA is the Country in focus,at this year's Ca...

The Great Gatsby Cannes opener

  "I want to write something new, something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned." —F. Scott Fitzgerald From the uniquely imaginative mind of writer/producer/director Baz Luhrmann comes the new big screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby. In his adaptation, the filmmaker combines his distinctive visual, sonic, and storytelling styles in 3 Dimensions, weaving a Jazz Age co...

Scan to Watch Fashion TV live on your phone from the Red Carpet Lounge at the Majestic 20 - 25 may

Scan this code to receive on your SmartPhone Live coverage from Fashion TV : The Red Carpet Lounge on your cellphone! Get ready to party and reserve your tickets to attend. Get the full presentation ! Book now and be the first to reserve your advance tickets. ...

Reserve your tickets for Fashion TV Red Carpet Lounge and terrace at the Majestic may 20 - 25

FashionTV Red Carpet Lounge at Majestic Barriere Hotel | Cannes Film Festival 2013 http://www.FashionTV.com/videos CANNES - FashionTV is presenting the most fashionable events of the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival. Join us at the Majestic Barriere Hotel for the FashionTV Red Carpet Lounge to mingle with guests, see celebs, and celebrate the launch of FashionTV films.  Check the Video Reserve your tickets now at www.fashiontv.com/shop CHANNEL ht...

Jury members for Camera d'Ord and Un Certain Regard

CAMERA D’OR 2013 : PRESIDENTE AGNES VARDA La Caméra d’or consacre chaque année le meilleur premier film issu de la Sélection officielle, de la Semaine de la Critique et de la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. En 2013, ils sont 23 à concourir (dont 6 femmes réalisatrices toutes issues de la Sélection officielle) pour cette récompense qui sera remise lors de la soirée de clôture le dimanche 26 mai. La Préside...

World's First 8K SUPER Hi-VISION narrative film to be screened at CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

    Tokyo, Japan — A special screening in cutting-edge 8K SUPER Hi-VISION format will be held by Japanese public broadcaster NHK at the 66th Cannes Film Festival (May 15-26). The film industry, press, and public are invited to experience the unprecedented audio and visualclarity of 8K at the Hôtel Majestic Barrière on May 16 and 17. A special gala event is to be held on the evening of the 17th. A highlight will be the world premiere of t...

A Closing Night in 3D with Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Greenaway and Edgar Pêra

For its Closing Night, La Semaine de la Critique, always eager to discover new cinematic expressions, will explore 3D and question its evolution in the world of cinema. Filmmakers Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Greenaway and Edgar Pêra, after experimenting and researching the topic in the two thousand year old city of Guimarães, will present a surprising triptych, made up of 3 short films. With 3X3D, the collective tackles the creative process. How does 3D affect the audience and its perc...

The Cannes Classics 2013 line up

Jean Cocteau, 20th Century Fox, Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, the World Cinema Foundation, a 1964 Palme d’or, Ted Kotcheff and Duddy Kravitz, anniversaries, birthdays and celebrations, Yasujirō Ozu, the return of Lino Brocka and Sembène Ousmane to Cannes, the Munich Olympic Games, a meet up with Alain Resnais, a Grande Bouffe and a bit of Saké will be the ingredients for Cannes Classics 2013.     As cinema’s link to its own history was about to be turne...

Forest Whitaker and Orlando Bloom in Zulu by Jérôme Salle will close the Festival de Cannes on 26th May

The 66th Festival de Cannes will close on 26th May with a screening of the thriller Zulu, shot entirely on location in South Africa by Jérôme Salle and adapted from the novel of the same name by Caryl Férey. The action takes place in Cape Town, in a South Africa still overshadowed by apartheid, where destitute townships rubs shoulders with affluent neighbourhoods. Two cops on the beat, Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean by Gore Verbinski, Lord of the Rings by Peter Jack...

Cannes film festival red carpet lounge@majestic hotel by fashiontv

Cannes Film Festival Red Carpet Lounge at the Majestic Hotel Cannes by FashionTV will for the first time be the meeting place of the Stars, Celebrities and guests who can watch the Red Carpet live from the Balcony of the Majestic Hotel in the comfort of champagne, food, drinks, models and show. Red Carpet Lounge promises to be the iconic party at the Cannes Film festival offering special invitations for guests to attend the events. Before every event top movie stars will be invited to the Red ...

Cannes 2013 has completed its Official Selection

Cannes 2013: UPDATED SELECTION LINE-UP As announced at the press conference held on 18th April, the Festival de Cannes has completed its Official Selection with the inclusion of the following films: Competition ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE by Jim JARMUSCH Out of Competition LE DERNIER DES INJUSTES by Claude LANZMANN Un Certain Regard MY SWEET PEPPERLAND by Hiner SALEEM TORE TANZT by Katrin GEBBE 1st Film WAKOLDA by Lucia PUENZO The Cannes Classics 2013 selection will be an...

NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER 2013 in Cannes

  All good things come in threes: after two successful editions, German Films and the German Federal Film Board (FFA) are continuing the cooperation they initiated in 2011 and will be jointly presenting the short film program NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER for the third time this year during the film festival in Cannes. The international professional audience consequently gets an opportunity to discover both the NEXT GENERATION films of the German film academies as well as the five winners ...

Workshop on 3D movie making at the "Festival de Cannes" on 16 May!

Workshop on 3D movie making at the "Festival de Cannes" on 16 May!   3D Stereo MEDIA and XpanD are joining forces to sponsor and organize a workshop entitled "3D movie making: from script to business", under the auspices of the International 3D Society (I3DS): its President, Jim Chabin, will be the host. The workshop is designed to provide straight-to-the-point information on how to get started in stereoscopic 3D (S-3D), win awards, and, for those interest...

Kim Novak, Guest of Honour at the 66th Festival de Cannes

To mark the restoration of one of the masterpieces of world cinema, Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, the Festival de Cannes has invited its heroine, Kim Novak, to grace the event with her presence. Novak will attend the screening of Vertigo, filmed in 1958, which will be shown in its restored form as part of Cannes Classics. She will also take part in the closing ceremony for the 66th Festival de Cannes where she will award one of the Prizes on Sunday 26 May 2013. Novak first attende...

PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE 2013: EFP unveils line-up for Cannes

  Italian Producer on the Move, Viola Prestieri, sees THE GREAT BEAUTY in Competition at Cannes They are the ones who set the ball rolling on projects, forge coalitions and conjure up a film out of an idea. Film producers are increasingly looking past their national borders. In order to facilitate an exchange with similarly ambitious colleagues from other European countries and showcase their range of achievements, European Film Prom...

The Glam Jury from Cannes 66th has Spielberg in good company

American director and producer Steven Spielberg will preside this year over a star-studded Jury. Eight top-flight international film celebrities, active in a variety of creative fields, will help him select the winners.    Vidya Balan (Indian actress) Naomi Kawase (Japanese director) Nicole Kidman (Australian actress/producer) Lynne Ramsay (British scriptwriter/director/producer) Daniel Auteuil (French actor/director) Ang Lee (Taiwanes...

Director's Fortnight line up

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 LONGS METRAGES / FEATURE FILMS A Strange Course of Events de / by Raphaël Nadjari Première mondiale / World première Les Apaches* de / by Thierry de Peretti Première mondiale / World première Ate ver a luz / Après la nuit* de / by Basil Da Cunha Première mondiale / World première Blue Ruin de / by Jeremy Saulnier Première mondiale / World première The Congress / Le Congrès de / by Ari...

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