Films, stars, special events, discover all the bare facts of the 2002 Cannes
Film Festival.
55th Birthday Events
For its 55th birthday, the Cannes Film Festival will unite past and present
through an original idea: run 7 films of those selected for the 1939 festival,
which were never screened because of the war. The festival organizers have even
gathered together a jury of 4 festival directors (Alberto Barbera ) for award
considerations. The 7-film selection includes 3 Aca...
Winner of the Palme d'Or in 1990 for Wild at Heart, and Best Director
last year for Mulholland Drive, David Lynch is a regular on the Croisette.
He returns this year to preside the jury. Portrait of a cult filmmaker.
A painter, photographer and director who has revolutionized the use of sound
in film, David Lynch belongs to the generation of American cult filmmakers who
burst on the scene at the end of the 80s, the era when independent American
film triumphed once again at ...
Woody Allen is to make his first appearance at the Cannes Festival this year presenting
Hollywood Ending, opening the event on May 15. The out of competition feature
is obviously set in Hollywood and features Tea Leoni, Debra Messing, Georges Hamilton,
Mark Rydell, Treat Williams as well as Woody himself who plays an ageing film
director. ...
Angelina Jolie as a dolled up news reporter in a campy romantic comedy? Sounds like an attempt at experimenting with range for the Academy Award winning actress. But is it possible for the woman whose role selection to date has been psychotic, delusional, and most non-conventional as we saw with her female action star role as Lara Croft in last year's Tomb Raider (2001). Instead of guns and ammo, we find Jolie sporting a bobby blond hairdoo and living on salad and Evian. ...
At the Palais de Chaillot Cinematheque - across the river from the Eiffel Tower
- The Critics Week crew divulged the program for the upcoming 41st edition running
from May 16 - 24. As is the custom, the Syndicat Français de la Critique
de Cinéma proposes 7 features and 7 short films by young filmmakers which
will compete for the Critics Week Prize, last year awarded to the Iranian feature
Under the Moonlight.
Past committee member assuming the role of Critics Week head for...
Federico believes that with Tomas, the only survivor of a plane crash, he has found the instrument of his vengeance against Sam. By teaching and mentoring him how to control his gift, Federico feels he will have his passport back into Sam's casino to challenge him at his own game. However, to gain this passport, Federico and Tomas together must complete a voyage of initiation, a series of trials, each stranger, tougher, and more nail-biting than the previous one....
The winner of the 18th Chicago Latino Film Festival’s Audience Choice
Award is Doce Horas (12 Hours) from Puerto Rico. The film ranked highest
among the 70 feature films that were shown during the Festival.
Doce Horas (12 Hours) is Raúl Marchand Sánchez’s
first feature film and was originally shot on digital video and transferred
to 35mm. This film is a dark comedy with the intoxicating backdrop of San Juan,
Puerto Rico. This film takes a look at the different experie...
At the Istanbul International Film Festival (April 13-28), a Turkish film has
been forbidden by censorship, Büyük Adam Kücük Ask by Handan Ipekci. Both the international jury and the FIPRESCI jury protested
against this.
"We, the members of the international jury, feel specially honored to
be a part of the Festival, which has grown to become a haven for independent
filmmakers. It has been brought to our attention that foreign films selected
for the...
Sex is Comedy, Catherine Breillat (France) - Opening Film
Welcome to Collinwood, Joseph et Anthony Russo (US) - Closing Film
Otello, Carmelo Bene (Italy) - Posthumous Homage Screening
Polissons et Galipettes, presented by Michel Reilhac (collection of
pornographic films from the beginning of the 20th century)
En Avant
Cinemascope Trilogy (L'arrivée / Outer Space / Dream Work) Peter
Tscherkassky - Austria
Entering Indifférence, Vincent Dieutre - France
For The Time Being,...
The 16th London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival organized by the British Film
Institute ended on April 17 with the closing film Julie Johnson, a story
about a New Jersey housewife who falls in love with another women in an evening
computer class, starring Courtney Love and Lili Taylor. This year's festival
was the most successful ever with over 200 screenings and ticket sales up 10%
from last year, for a record of 23,500 filmgoers. This makes the festival UK's
third large...
In celebration of its 75th anniversary, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences will present an 18-month long screening series titled "Facets
of the Diamond: 75 Years of Best Picture Winners." The series will begin
on Monday, May 13, and will include the presentation of all the films to win
Best Picture. With just a couple of exceptions, the screenings will be held
in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Monday evenings at 7:30 p.m.
The series will present the B...
The 4th annual The Method Fest came to a close on Friday, April 19, with the
awarding of statuettes at the Travis Auditorium at Fuller Seminary College.
The guests were treated to a pre-awards reception in the courtyard of Pasadena's
Pacific Asia Museum before the ceremony which began at 8pm. The evening began
with the awarding of the Lifetime Achievement Award to veteran actor Rod Steiger.
Steiger was introduced by his wife, actress Joan Benedict. Steiger, whose achievements...
In Competition :
Punch-drunk love by Paul Thomas Anderson
L'Ora di religione (Il sorriso di mia madre) by Marco Bellochio
Spider by David Cronenberg
Le Fils by Luc Darbynne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Kedma by Amos Gitai
Ivre de femmes et de peinture (Chihwaseon) by Im Kwon-taek
Unknown pleasures (Ren xiao yao) by Jia Zhang Ke
L' Homme sans passé (Mies vailla menneisyyttä) d'Aki Kaurismaki
10 d'Abbas Kiarostami
All or nothing by Mike Leigh
Sweet ...
The Feature and Short Film juries will award the Palme d'Or, the Grand Prix,
the Award to Best Actress , the Award to Best Actor, the Award to Best Director
, the Award to Best Screenplay during the closing ceremony on May 26th.
International Feature Film Jury
David Lynch, President (Director, USA)
Christine Hakim (Actress, Indonesia)
Sharon Stone (Actress, USA)
Michelle Yeoh (Actress, China, Hong Kong)
Bille August (Director, Denmark)
Claude Miller (Director, France)...
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Home office: D-80469 Munich, Rumfordstrasse 29-31
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MORE ANTS IN THE PANTS (Screening: Friday, May 17, 11:30h, RIVIERA 3)
Status: completed
Director: Granz Henman
Cast: Tobias Schenke, Axel Stein, Diana Amft, Rebecca Mosselmann
Pro...
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Permanent Address: Carrington House
126-130 Regent Street
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W1B 5SE
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Web Site: signpostfilms.com
AT THE CANNES FILM MARKET 2002
Address: Dauphin 8D
Residence Grand Hotel
45, la Croisette
Cannes
Office Hotel Tel: 04 92 59 01 10
Office Fax: 04 92 59 01 12
Executives Attending: Lynwood Spinks Head of Legal & ...
CINE-INTERNATIONAL
FILMVERTRIEB GMBH & CO KG
Leopoldstrasse 18, 80802 Munich Phone: (89) 39 10 25 Fax: (89) 33 10 89
E-mail: email@cine-international.de
website: http://www.cine-international.de
Cannes Market 2002
Cine-International will launch
AS FAR AS MY FEET WILL CARRY ME
Hardy Martins‘ 2nd feature film following his international success of
„Cascadeur – The Amber Chamber“
Cast: Bernhard Bettermann („Straight ShooterR...
Troma’s newly formed political faction, Partie Tromatique Francais, whose philosophy is GIVE ART BACK TO THE PEOPLE, will organize a massive demonstration march in Cannes on Tuesday, May 21, 2002 at 1:00PM in front of the Carlton Hotel. The demonstration march will continue all the way to the Grand Palais in a manner reminiscent of the brave students who protested against the evils of The World Trade Organization. The PTF hopes to create worldwide awareness of the fact that the art world...
Just 4 weeks from the opening of the Festival, the number of registered participants at the Cannes Market has increased by 10% compared with the same time last year. The largest increases come from England, Ireland, Italy, Scandanavia and China. Expect the Market Guide to be a lot heavier!
At the 2001 Cannes Market, the number of total registered participants rose to a record breaking 6,739, up 11% on 2000 figures with 1,953 companies attending.
The Cannes Market hosted 1,425 screenings, up ...
Toronto Pictures is a leading motion picture production company, with its own film-school.
Toronto Pictures was founded in 1987 by internationally awarded film director, writer and producer Bruno Pischiutta.
The company, still under Mr. Pischiutta's leadership, specialises in producing feature films, documentaries and TV series.
...
Palm Beach, the jewel of Florida's Gold Coast, played host to its seventh annual
film event this past week. Presenting over 50 films from around the world, the
Festival, under the new management team of Festival Director Randi Emerman,
was the most ambitious and far reaching ever, with screenings held in 5 separate
locations around Palm Beach County. The Festival is unique in that its proceeds
are donated to a special fund to assist high school and college students with
f...
Lesbian-themed filmmaking is definitively global at this year's Miami Gay and
Lesbian Film Festival running from April 26th to May 5th. The festival is screening
more than 60 international feature films, including Journey to Kafiristan,
a lesbian-tinged English Patient, shorts and documentaries. Several of
the directors are expected to attend the festival to discuss their films in
panels ranging from Reel Women Make Movies; Heroines, Heroes and History; to
Yanks Vs. Brits...
Legendary Japanese maniac, Suzuki Seijun, returns to the screen with his first
film in ten years with the full-bleed, super-saturated Pistol Opera at
the New York Asian Film Festival running April 26th to May 2nd. Korea offers
up its two biggest comedies ever released: My Sassy Girl, number one
at the box office for six weeks straight, and Kick The Moon. The most
popular film ever released in Thailand , Bang Rajan brings history
to the screenings at the Anthology Film Arc...
The 10th edition of the Open Doek Filmfestival is opening its doors on April
29th with Swing, directed by Tony Gatlif. The festival takes place in
the small city of Turnhout, about 100 km outside of Belgian capital Brussels
where it will close down on May 5th with director Majid Majidi's film Baran.
The focus of the festival is world cinema with special interests in Asia, Africa
and South America.
This year's edition will screen about 60 films from all over the world includ...
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O'Bar - 5 rue Lafontaine. Tel. 93 38 55 38
Whisky a Gogo -115 ave des Lérins. Tel. 93 43 20 63
Jane's Club -Gray d'Albion Hotel. 38, rue des Serbes
La Brasserie des Artistes - 48 bd de la République. Tel. 93 30 33 99
Club Otéro -Carlton Hotel
Casino Croisette -Palais des Festivals. Tel. 93 68 00 07
Bars:
Le Claridge-Square Mérimée
Petit Carlton-93 rue d'Antibes .Tel. 93 39 27 25
Le Festival-52 L...
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