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NEWSLETTER N° 510: May 23, 2011: Cannes wrap up dailies and Awards‏

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THE CANNES AWARDS 2011
 

The official Jury of this 64th Festival de Cannes, presided over by Robert De Niro, revealed this evening the prizes winners during the Closing Ceremony. 
Mélanie Laurent hosted Jane Fonda on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière to award the Palme d'or to the best film among the 20 in Competition.

Christophe Honoré's closing film Beloved starring Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel and Milos Forman, was screened at the end of the ceremony in the presence of the crew.
FEATURE FILMS

Palme d'Or
THE TREE OF LIFE by Terrence MALICK

Grand Prix
BIR ZAMANLAR ANADOLU’DA (Once Upon A Time In Anatolia) by Nuri Bilge CEYLAN
THE KID WITH A BIKE by Jean-Pierre & Luc DARDENNE

Award for the Best Director
Nicolas WINDING REFN for DRIVE

Jury Prize
POLISS by MAÏWENN

Best Performance for an Actor
Jean DUJARDIN in THE ARTIST by Michel HAZANAVICIUS

Best Performance for an Actress
Kirsten DUNST in MELANCHOLIA by Lars von TRIER

Award for the Best Screenplay
Joseph CEDAR for FOOTNOTE

SHORT FILMS IN COMPETTION

Palme d'Or
CROSS-COUNTRY by Maryna VRODA

Jury Prize
BADPAKJE 46 (Swimsuit 46) by Wannes DESTOOP

CAMERA D'OR
LAS ACACIAS by Pablo GIORGELLI presented in the framework of the the CRITICS' WEEK

UN CERTAIN REGARD
PRIZE OF UN CERTAIN REGARD Ex-æquo

ARIRANG by KIM Ki-Duk
HALT AUF FREIER STRECKE (Stopped on Track) by Andreas DRESEN

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
ELENA by Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV

DIRECTING PRIZE
BÉ OMID É DIDAR (Au revoir) by Mohammad RASOULOF

CINEFONDATION
First Cinéfondation Prize
DER BRIEF (The Letter) by Doroteya Droumeva
dffb, Germany

Second Cinéfondation Prize
DRARI by Kamal Lazraq
La Fémis, France

Third Cinéfondation Prize
YA-GAN-BI-HANG (Fly by Night) by Son Tae-gyum
Chung-Ang University, South Korea
 

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Ensemble winner of Banlieuz' Art competition screened in Palais salle Bazin may 20
 

 

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Ensemble: Banlieuz' Art winner
At the lavish party at Terrazza Martini on the beach, a press conference gathered all winners. In the opening presentation of Banlieuz' Art, Julien Dray: Vice President of Ile de France region and sponsor along BNP explained the signification of number 8 used for the number of Jury members and...

'Tree of Life' wins Palme d'Or, best actress for (absent) Lars van Triers' movie
The official Jury of this 64th Festival de Cannes, presided over by Robert De Niro, revealed this evening the prizes winners during the Closing Ceremony. Mélanie Laurent hosted Jane Fonda on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière to award the Palme d'or to the best film among the 20 in Com...

Absent Iranian wins Cannes directing prize
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'...

The 2011 Ecumenical Jury awards
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 aes...

The Queer Palm 2011 goes to SKOONHEID
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 ga...

Cinéfondation Prizes 2011 awarded today by Michel Gondry and his Jury
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 scr...

Cannes paid tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo
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 whic...

Pardo d'onore Swisscom goes to Abel Ferrara
Pardo d?onore Swisscom goes to Abel Ferrara At the forthcoming edition of the Festival del film Locarno, American director Abel Ferrara will receive the Pardo d?onore Swisscom, the prize for career achievement awarded every year to a contemporary director for an outstanding body of work. © Fre...

 

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Critics' week director introduces the line up of 50th edition

La Source des Femmes = Amazing
Romanian-born filmmaker Radu Mihaileanu offers up another certifiably crowd-pleasing slice of world cinema in The Source (La Source des Femmes), a modern-day fable exploring female empowerment in the Arab world. Never one for subtlety, the writer-director tosses everything he can into this two-hour-plus humanist couscous, stirring in a mix of songs, sentiments and socio-religious questions set...

Visit our new website!
Check out our new website at www.caymanfilmfest.org And check back for more information on our call for submissions, coming Summer 2011! ...

Style Superstar: 'Vampire Diaries' Star Nina Dobrev Lights Up CW Upfront
In case you hadn?t noticed from all the TV posts we?ve done lately, we?re totally OBSESSED with the upfronts (and with good reason too!). See, the upfronts exist not only to announce new pick-ups and fall schedules, but also to get us hyped (all over again) for the shows we?ve been watching all season. While we've been keeping our eyes on all the events, this past week we were especially excited f...

Film-noir 'Drive' shifts Cannes into high gear
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 ...

"12 Counts Of Deception"
People around the world fear the number 666 and squirm in their chairs at the mere mention of it. The number is known to be the devil?s number or the mark of the beast but there is a secret code that is not yet known. Bobby will explore this code and shock the world when he exposes how much we interact with the number everyday. ...

"12 Counts Of Deception"
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Special Screening for Cannes Classics "A Clockwork Orange"
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. Th...

Sarkozy biopic drags dirty French politics to Cannes
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, afte...

Melancholia Press Conference
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 ...

 in The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick tackles the age old questions of “What is the meaning of life?

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Lars van Triers and Nazis...the VIDEO excerpts

Lars van Triers suicide at press conference wakes up the press with declaration against Nazis...
 

Stars at Cannes turn out for AIDS charity event
Normal 0 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 Ca...

Lars van Triers and Nazis...Statement from the Board of Directors of the Festival de Cannes
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 ha...

Kirsten Dunst arriving at the palais
 

Kirsten Dunst Signs Autographs for Fans After Melancholia Press Conference
After a Wednesday morning press conference for her new film "Melancholia" directed by Lars von Trier, Kirsten Dunst happily signed autographs for enthusiastic fans waiting outside. Jimmy Helm ...

Brad Pitt Signs Autographs After "Tree of Life" Press Conference
Perhaps the most anticipated press conference this year at the Cannes Film Festival was for "The Tree of Life." Although director Terrance Malick did not show up, Brad Pitt did and created a media frenzy. Fans went crazy as he exited the conference room. Jimmy Helm ...

Tallinn celebrated Naomi Kawase
In preparation of the launch of an omnibus film - 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero - the highlight event of European Capital of Culture Tallinn 2011, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival organized a short welcome and press gathering on Tuesday 17 May 2011. The press gathering introduc...

Festivals organizers attending the panels and wine tasting FUTURE OF FESTIVAL MAY 15
The festival will be represented in style with a crowd of 100 Cinando POFF POFF filmfestivals.com Vilnius International Film Festival Vilnius International Film Festival FESTIVAL PARIS CINEMA CentEast Market Warsaw Toronto International Film...

 Zhang Ziyi joins ScreenSingapore ambassadors
 Schwarzenegger puts acting career on hold
 Jonathan Demme guest of second Aruba, along other prestigious line up

 

 

 

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 Pacific Meridian - Vladivostok International Film Festival of Asian Pacific countries August 10-16,2011
 
«Pacific Meridian» is an International Film Festival of Asian Pacific Countries. Asian-Pacific Coutries are the countries surrounded by Pacific Ocean and countries of South-East Asia including India. Film Festival is held annually in one of the most beautiful places on the Pacific Ocean coast - Vladivostok. ...(John Paul II.)
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 The 3rd Iñigo Film Festival calling for shorts August 16-19,2011
The cinema enjoys a wealth of languages, a multiplicity of styles and a variety of narrative forms that are truly great: from realism to fable, from history to science fiction, from adventure to tragedy, from comedy to news, from animated cartoon to documentary...(John Paul II.)

The Jesuits are pleased again to announce the 3rd “Iñigo Film Festival” for short films at the World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid, Spain
Entries are accepted in the following categories: narrative fiction, animated and documentary on the general theme of ‘City of God’. A wide variety of interpretations of this topic is expected and encouraged.

 New York International Independent Film and Video FestivalFall Edition in los angeles:
The NYIIFVF is a competitive event and is dedicated to making things happen for emerging filmmakers and screenwriters. The festival has cultivated excellent relationships with thousands of companies in both cities.
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 The Ruby Mountain Film Festival August 11-14, 2011 
The Ruby Mountain Film Festival is dedicated to the exhibition and nurturing of film and video as an art. The RMFF presents a full range of storytelling through visual arts from independent and student filmmakers to big budget major motion pictures with a particular emphasis on low budget feature films, student films and westerns.

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 Raindance Film Festival 2011 28 September - 9 October, 2011

Raindance showcases features and shorts made by independent filmmakers from all around the world to an audience of film fans, journalists, acquisition executives, actors, producers and directors. Each year we receive thousands of film submissions of just about every genre you can imagine from very talented filmmakers so it’s safe to assume that the competition is fierce. If you think your film has what it takes to make Raindance ’11 then submit your film before the 17th June 2011. 
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 Dimension 3 2011 May 24- 26, 2011
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 HollyShorts Film Festival August 11-18, 2011
The 7th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival, scheduled for August 11-18, 2011, is now accepting submissions and commercials (www.withoutabox.com/login/4655). 2010 HSFF featured over 200 projects showcasing stars and filmmakers including David Arquette, James Caan, John Dahl, James Franco, and Kirsten Dunst. HSFF awards over $40,000 in prizes, including $20,000 in services courtesy of Company 3.  www.hollyshorts.com
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Now in its 17th year, the Los Angeles Film Fetival showcases the best of American and international cinema.  Drawing an enthusiastic audience of more than 90,000, the Festival provides films with the opportunity to be embraced by the public and discovered by the industry. More than 100 feature films - narrative and documentary are featured...
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