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...
This must be the place by Paolo Sorrentino
Through the story of Cheyenne, a fallen and aching rock star, Paolo SORRENTINO proposes to follow the inner voyage and odyssey of a man searching for his Jewish roots, maturity,
reconciliation and hope. A classic drama of great richness and elaborate aesthetics, the film gracefully opens deep and serious paths of reflection.
And two Commendations to :
Le Havre by Aki Kaurismäki
An ode to hope, solidarity and br...
The Queer Palm 2011.
The president of the Jury Elisabeth Quin and its members Gérard Lefort, Thomas Albetshauser, Fred Arends, Esther Cuénot et Roberto Schinardi awarded SKOONHEID by Oliver Hermanus in selection at Un Certain Regard.
The actress Julie Gayet and the director Joao Pedro Rodrigues gave the award to the director at Chérie Chéri beach.
The closing party will take place at DaDaDa
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Un Certain Regard 2011 presented 21 films directed by 22 directors hailing from 19 different countries. Two of the works were first films.
Presided over by Emir KUSTURICA (Director, actor and musician - Serbia), the Jury was comprised of: Elodie BOUCHEZ (Actress - France), Peter BRADSHAW (Critic-The Guardian - United Kingdom), Geoffrey GILMORE (Chief Creative Officer-Tribeca Enterprises - USA), Daniela MICHEL (Director of the Morelia Festival - Mexico).
PRIZE OF UN CERTAIN REGARD Ex-æ...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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." ...
Melancholia is the most recent movie by the Danish director Lars von Trier, starring Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg. The film premiers at the Cannes Film Festival today, May 18. At the press conference, director Lars von Trier used a funny but somewhat dark (and maybe inappropriate) attitude to answer different questions. When asked if he would consider making a comedy after directing so many melancholic movies, Lars cleverly stated that the problem is that most of his "melancholi...
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...
Last night the Festival de Cannes paid tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo by dedicating a special evening to him whereby he was awarded a Palme d’or. The screening of a documentary, a meal and a party was the order of the evening to celebrate the actor.
"I am very moved by this Palme d’or which has touched my heart". Jean-Paul Belmondo, surrounded by his acting colleagues, including his "pals from the Conservatory" Jean Rochefort, Pierre Vernier and Jean-Pierre Mar...
by Deborah Cole (On Twitter: @doberah http://twitter.com/#!/doberah)CANNES, FranceJodie Foster drew cheers at Cannes on Tuesday for her latest film "The Beaver" and said she thought the experience of making it could be "therapeutic" for her troubled star Mel Gibson. The small-budget drama, directed by Foster and featuring Gibson as a depressed toy company executive who turns to a beaver hand puppet to help him get his life back on track, had a shaky opening at US cinemas ...
*The Beaver* is a film about how a millionaire who's suffering from depression tries to get better with the help of a "talking" beaver. The film stars Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson. At the press conference, the actress/director of the movie Jodie Foster, writer kyle killen, and producer Keith Redmon were present. Since Jodie Foster can speak fluent French, she was kind enough to do the press conference in both French and English. She talked about the inspiration of the movie, the makin...
Ridiculous and objectionable . . . L’Apollonide: The House of Tolerance
During a May 17th screening of “House of
Tolerance,” many found the film too difficult to watch and stormed out of the
theater in disgust. It’s certainly not a pleasant viewing experience. The film
tells the story of a Paris brothel living it’s last days at the turn of the 20th
century and features many disturbing and graphic images. As a first time Cannes
Film Festival attendee, I had be...
Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images
CANNES -- Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson walked the red carpet together at Cannes' international premiere of The Beaver Tuesday night. They entered the Palais' Lumiere Theatre walking hand-in-hand. During the screening they sat next to Summit's Patrick Wachsberger and Rob Friedman. And as the lights came up at the end of the film, they were rewarded with a ten-minute standing ovation.
A few people around Foster even had tears in their eyes at th...
Brad Pitt stars in Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life. Courtesy of Fox Searchlight.
I attended an 11:00 a.m. screening of “The Tree Of Life”
today. With the enormous amounts of media attention the film has been getting,
I figured it best to show up early. By the time I arrived at 9:00 a.m. a
massive line had already begun to form. I overheard the man at the front of the
line say he had been there since 7:00 A.M. Clearly anticipation was high. When
the lights went down for the st...
Cinema chile reception at Plage des Palmes fantastic wine from Chile, loved it!
Algirdas Ramaska the Vilnius festival director toasting with Bruno (a classic) at the estonian reception
Serguey Stanojkovski (Film Forum Zadar in Croatia)
The Audi Talent Awards
Tomaz Horvat from Grossmann
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On Monday evening Göteborg International Film Festival along with Haugesund International Film Festival arranged the annual Nordic Party on the beach at Cannes Film Festival. This year's sponsor was the Norwegian fashion label Moods of Norway. There were guests from the Nordic and international film industry; Rennie Harlin, Urich Thomsen, Ro...
