Archive for May, 2006

Cannes 2006 winners

Although many people are saying that overall this was a rather tepid edition, the top winners are quite strong. Giving the best actor and actress awards to collective casts is also an interesting notion. The Awards Palme d´Or The Wind That Shakes The Barley by Ken Loach Grand Prize Flanders by Bruno Dumont Best Actress [...]

awards, Cannes festival May 29, 2006 3:16 pm 0 Comments

Changes in Nice airport shuttle timetables

UPDATE November 2010. The RCA airport shuttle (line n° 210) timetable has changed slightly. The last one leaves Cannes from close to the Mairie/town hall at 7pm! That’s right, after 19h, you will have to fork out €70-90 to get to the airport from Cannes. The bus n° 200 that goes through Antibes does run [...]

Transport May 26, 2006 3:12 pm 1 Comment

"Paris je t'aime": divorce, French-style

Legal proceedings are again creating a cloud over Cannes this year. The Chinese film “Summer Palace” by Lou Ye is being held up by the Chinese censorship authorities, although the festival has vowed to screen the film anyway. Meawhile, French producer Emmanuel Benbihy has asked for a court injunction to block “Paris, je t’aime”, a [...]

Cannes festival, movies May 19, 2006 3:11 pm 0 Comments

Scriptwriters make noise at Cannes

Scriptwriters make noise at Cannes

Following the lead of 101 Scénaristes last year, Cannes will feature a number of scriptwriting initiatives. The largest will probably be the Journées du Scénario/Writers’ Days being run by France’s enterprising UGS. They have set up a database of available scripts and will run a Script Market, sailing events and lots of talks and round [...]

Cannes festival May 18, 2006 3:09 pm 0 Comments

Priest intends to protest "Da Vinci Code” at Cannes

The list of people demonstrating at Cannes has gone up again. This time, a priest is involved. The subject, needless to say, is the film version of “The Da Vinci Code”, the premise of which has been hotly disputed by religious circles and scholars for some time already. Fr. Bernard Francis Heffernan will stage a [...]

Cannes festival May 11, 2006 3:08 pm 0 Comments

Will my phone work at Cannes?

This must be one the most-frequently asked questions that we hear about Cannes. The answer is simple: maybe! To simplify the debate, you should know that just about all of Europe works on 900 and 1800 frequencies. If your phone works on either (or hopefully both), then you’re OK. If not, you’ll have to buy [...]

phones May 10, 2006 3:06 pm 0 Comments