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Posted on Tuesday, 24 April 2007 |
 Diane Kruger, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sharon Stone, Rachel Weisz, Martin Scorsese, Brad Pitt, Beyonce, Angelina Jolie, Stephen Frears, Scarlett Johannssen, Willem Dafoe, Bob Hoskins, Matthew Modine, George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Jassica Alba, Maggie Cheung, Toni Collette, Paris Hilton, Alicia Silverstone, Matt Damon, Aishwarya Rai, Al Pacino, Quentin Tarantino’s, Maria De Medeiros, Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Kelly Macdonald, Javier Bardem, Robert Downey Jr., Bono, Elton John, Asia Argento.
Bring your camera!
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Posted on Tuesday, 24 April 2007 |
 The world’s most prestigious film festival and the donor of cinema’s big prize, the Palme d’Or, is still the centre of the world film universe for 11 days in May.
Screenings run 24 hours a day, the rich and the beautiful strut their stuff on the glittering Croisette, a-list cocktail parties, extravagant lunches, a palpable buzz and random encounters with icons of cinema make it a stroboscopic blur.
But behind the spectacle of glamourous starlets and red carpets, there is something much more lasting, the pedigree of history.
For its 60th anniversary, the festival’s President Gilles Jacob and artistic director Thierry Fremaux have commissioned 33 short films about the experience of watching films at Cannes from filmmakers like as: Michael Cimino, Lars von Trier, Manoel de Oliveira, Theo Angelopoulos and last year's Palme d'Or winner Ken Loach ("The Wind That Shakes The Barley").
The anthology film project (entitled "To Each His Own Cinema") is just one of many celebratory tributes that will light a candle on the festival’s birthday cake. Other special events include screenings of "Lindsay Anderson/Never Apologize" (Mike Kaplan), "Brando" (Leslie Greif), Steven Soderbergh’s "Ocean’s Thirteen" and "Sicko," Michael Moore’s scathing comedy about "45 million people with no health care in the richest country on earth."
BAFTA award nominee Wong Kar Wai opens the festival with his first English language film "My Blueberry Nights," a road movie about a woman’s search for love starring Jude Law, Tim Roth and singer Norah Jones in her acting debut.
Highlights of the other 20 films in the main competition include "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Julian Schnabel), "The Man From London" (Bela Tarr), "Zodiac" (David Fincher), "No Country for Old Men" (Joel and Ethan Cohen) and the animated "Persepolis," based on the graphic novel autobiography by Iranian author Marjane Satrapi.
Some of the remarkable celebrities expected to navigate the gathered throng of photographers, journalists and fans include: Diane Kruger, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sharon Stone, Rachel Weisz, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Aishwarya Rai, Al Pacino, Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Kelly Macdonald, Javier Bardem, Robert Downey Jr., Bono and Asia Argento.
This will surely be Festival to remember. | | |
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Posted on Monday, 23 April 2007 |
 The movies in competition at the Cannes Film Festival as announced Thursday, listed by director and director's nationality, followed by special out-of-competition showings. Festival runs May 16 to 27.
In Competition:
"My Blueberry Nights," Wong Kar-wai, China (opening night film)
"Auf Der Anderen Seite" ("On the Other Side"), Fatih Akin, Germany
"Une Vieille Maitresse" ("An Old Mistress"), Catherine Breillat
"No Country for Old Men," Joel and Ethan Coen, United States
"Zodiac," David Fincher, United States
"We Own the Night," James Gray, United States
"Les Chansons d'Amour," Christophe Honore, France
"Mogari No Mori," Naomi Kawase, Japan
"Breath," Kim Ki-duk, South Korea
"Promise Me This," Emir Kusturica, Bosnia
"Secret Sunshine," Lee Chang-Dong, South Korea
"4 Luni, 3 Saptamini Si 2 Zile" ("4 Months, 3 weeks and 2 days"), Cristian Mungiu, Romania
"Tehilim," Raphael Nadjari, France
"Stellet Licht" ("Silent Light"), Carlos Reygadas, Mexico
"Persepolis," Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud, Iran and France
"Le Scaphandre et le Papillon" ("The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"), Julian Schnabel, United States
"Import Export," Ulrich Seidl, Austria
"Alexandra," Alexandr Sokurov, Russia
"Death Proof," Quentin Tarantino, United States
"The Man from London," Bela Tarr, Hungary
"Paranoid Park," Gus Van Sant, United States
"Izgnanie" ("The Banishment"), Andrei Zvyagintsev, Russia
Out of Competition:
"L'age des tenebres" ("The Age of Darkness"), by Denys Arcand, Canada (closing night film)
"Sicko," Michael Moore, United States
"Ocean's Thirteen," Steven Soderbergh, United States
"A Mighty Heart," Michael Winterbottom, Britain
"Go Go Tales," Abel Ferrara, United States
"U2 3D," Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington, Ireland and United States
"11th Hour," Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners, United States
"The War," Lynn Novick and Ken Burns, United States
"He Fengming" ("Chronicle of a Chinese Woman"), Wang Bing | | |
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Posted on Monday, 23 April 2007 |
 The Cannes Film Festival began in 1939. It's widely considered to be the world's most important film festival
In 1938, in reaction controversial selections of films by the German and Italian fascist governments at the Venice Film Festival.
"La Grande Illusion", a film by Jean Renoir, was dismissed as being even eligible for the festival's top honour; Il Coppa Mussolini. It had been the clear favourite among cinema commentators and had been strongly tipped by the jury.
In a dramatic turn-about, the grand prize was awarded to a two-part German film called "Olympia", which was custom made for Goebbels to document Nazi successes at the 1938 Berlin Olympics in the stadium built by Albert Speer, and "Luciano Serra, Pilota", made by Mussolini's son. Needless to say it caused an uproar.
Then French Minister for Education; Jean Zay, decided to promote an International Cinema Festival in Cannes. Louis Lumi?re became the first president of the first festival, which was to be staged on September 1, 1939. The declaration of war against Germany by France and the United Kingdom on September 3 1939 ruined the festival's premiere but not for long. The festival was re-kindled in 1946 and was staged from September 20 1946 to October 5 1946 in the former Casino in Cannes.
In 1949 the original Palais des Festivals was opened. The original Palais was replaced by a new, less handsome one in 1983.
The most prestigious award given out at Cannes is the Palme d'Or ("Golden Palm") for best film. The Palm D'Or is the logo of the Festival committee. The Internationally selected jury of movie professionals, grants many awards, including the Grand Prix ("Grand Prize") ? the second most prestigious award.
The annual Awards include the following:
Palme d'Or - Golden Palm
Grand Prix du Festival International du Film - Grand Prize of the Festival (1946-1954)
Prix de la mise en scene - Best Director
Prix du Jury - Jury Prize
La Camera d'Or - Best first film
Prix du meilleur scenario - Best Screenplay
Prix d'interpretation f?minine du Festival de Cannes - Best Actress
Prix d'interpretation masculine du Festival de Cannes - Best Actor
Prix un certain regard - Un Certain Regard Award
Prix de la FIPRESCI - International Federation of Film Critics Prize
During May the entire movie industry descends on Cannes on the French Riviera. It's the perfect glamorous setting for such an illustrious event, one that attracts stars and starlets, famous directors, cinematographers, writers and of course the legions of fans.
Careers are made and broken during the Cannes Festival, winning a prize means certain success, and directors who fail to make the grade, or producers who fail to get the funding, may disappear without trace.
The imagery of the Cannes Film Festival is pure glamour, since Brigitte Bardot pouted her way into pin-up girl celebrity at Cannes, the festival has been synonymous with Red Carpets, glamour, bikinis and celebrity parties.
Films you can watch that depict the Cannes Film Festival
Evening in Byzantium (1978).
The film festival is overtaken by terrorists. Directed by Jerry London and starring Glenn Ford and Eddie Albert. From a novel by Irwin Shaw.
Almost Perfect Affair (1979).
A romantic comedy about an affair between a filmmaker and a producer's wife, set during the film festival. Starring Keith Carradine.
La Cite de la peur (1994).
Comedy. Directed by Alain Berberian. Starring Alain Chabat, Chantal Lauby, G?rard Darmon.
Grosse Fatigue (1994). Comedy.
Festival in Cannes (2001).
Entertainment industry farce about filmmakers trying to make deals during the Cannes Film Festival. Directed by Henry Jaglom and starring Greta Scacchi, Maximilian Schell and Ron Silver.
Femme Fatale (2002).
After pulling off a risky heist during the Cannes Film Festival, Laure double-crosses her partners and tries to disappear by assuming the identity of a dead woman. Directed by Brian De Palma and starring Rebecca Romijn and Antonio Banderas.
Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007).
Mr. Bean gets his video diary entered into this festival. Starring Rowan Atkinson.
Recent winners
2006
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
2005
L'Enfant aka The Child
2004
Fahrenheit 9/11
2003
Elephant
2002
The Pianist
2001
The Son's Room
2000
Dancer in the Dark
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Posted on Monday, 12 March 2007 |
 Diane Kruger will be the Master of Ceremonies for the 60th Festival de Cannes. In 2003 Diane won the Chopard Trophy for best female discovery of the Festival and in 2005 was nominated for best supporting female for her role in 'National Treasure'.
She will also host the Closing Ceremony on Sunday May 27th, during which the Awards will be announced. She follows Monica Bellucci, Laura Morante, Cecile de France and Vincent Cassel in the prestigious role.
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